pred_label
stringclasses 2
values | pred_label_prob
float64 0.5
1
| wiki_prob
float64 0.25
1
| text
stringlengths 68
1.02M
| source
stringlengths 37
43
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
__label__wiki
| 0.741334
| 0.741334
|
The state of speed
As the virus evades borders, the characteristic tropes to describe the year just done, must be motility and speed
By Author TelanganaToday Pramod K Nayar | Published: 5th Jan 2021 12:47 am
That human bodies survive because of and with microbes is an established, if unpleasant, truth. Every body is a microbiotic community. But what the pandemic has also revealed is that entire states and nations are in close habitation with microbes. Indeed, abstract notions of national borders, safe locations, ‘home’ and ‘outside’ have come to be defined in terms of the prevalence of microbes – the virus, to be accurate – in the area. The movement of peoples and things, the regulation of mobility and the intensity of exchanges are determined by how, and how fast, states and people have dealt with the virus.
Scientific and social understandings of the world of bacteria, viruses and their replication have influenced policy, politics and public perception. In the case of the last, we have come around to rejecting the idea that humans are the centre of the universe as not just myth.
Two key features stand out in the 2020 rise of a special kind of state: mobility and speed. But before that, some attention to the nature of the state across the world.
Communitas/Immunitas
There were calls for global cooperation, sharing of data and research findings, collaborative initiatives to find the vaccine, among others. The dynamics between what the philosopher Roberto Esposito would identify as the communitas, with its obligations to the members of the community and immunitas, which is the freedom from those obligations, became complicated.
Critics, philosophers, philanthropists and the ubiquitous politician all called for mutual and moral obligations in the war against Covid (naturally, the military metaphor is something we cannot avoid, as a race). The desire to secure the borders of one’s community, noted Esposito, was the impetus behind sovereignty-discourse and practice. With the pandemic, this paradigm was severely tested.
Microbial States
When Stefanie Fishel titled her 2017 book, The Microbial State, it may have sounded not just alarmist but also hyperbolic. Fishel, whose area of expertise is International Relations, proposed that
“politics [is] immanent to the biospheric rather than the anthropic: we humans live in many overlapping worlds and experience many globalizations depending on where we find ourselves geographically. These politics are involute, composite, often discordant, but entangled within and supported by the biosphere we share; a biosphere that is quickly becoming unable to support much of the life we see on it today.”
Surely, Fishel’s prophetic analysis has proved right.
Through much of 2020, the world of humans, the world made by humans, has been tottering precisely because of the biosphere in which the worlds exist. The worlds are supported by the biosphere, but in 2020, that support was not only taken apart but new and unexpected interruptions entered the system. Immunological models of the body, and of the state – which is historically a very old mode of regulating immigrants, and which worried about contamination by ‘other’ racial bodies – collapsed all around us.
Politics between states altered swiftly. Borders were closed, the cordon sanitaire invoked and peoples’ movements monitored. The effort was apparently to keep infected bodies from crossing over. But this can also, in the context of the microbial state, be interpreted as a viral-microbial politics (microbial because, with the onset of Covid, other infections, caused by bacteria, also appear in the affected bodies). The effort is the regulation of microbes and viruses as much as it is about the movement of human persons.
If we wish to invoke more biological metaphors for the state of international mobility, we can think of, perhaps, the year that just ended as the year of motility. 2020, then, was marked by the human race’s attempt to control the motility of forms of life (and nonlife).
This also meant that legitimate human travel – not refugees, evidently – was also a scary idea for the microbial state: human bodies suddenly appeared as carriers and conduits for motility. The closing of national borders, the regulation of all travel, the shutdown of airports and transport systems were unprecedented and we were witness to the full-fledged manifestation of the microbial state.
A New ‘Race’
From the very beginning of the pandemic, there was speed. The tension between mobility and motility also engaged with and produced a different kind of race: the race to the enactment of hygiene regimes, the race to create a vaccine and another (odd) kind of race as well to which we now turn.
In the midst of the global health crisis where even developed nations found their health services unable to cope with the intensity and speed of the virus’ motility, the race to identify, isolate and treat the affected meant that the human culture of speed was in full flow. The speed of testing for the affected, the speed of ensuring medical care, and the speed (and direction, thus making it a vector) of research in the world’s laboratories were all vectorial aspects of the human campaign in 2020.
Statistics appeared everywhere: the rising numbers, the rate of infection, the rate of ‘flattening’ of the curve, the mortality-morbidity rates. This was followed by more socially inflected analysis of the racial, age-related and ethnicity-related rates of infection, treatment, access to healthcare, and other aspects. Arguably the microbial state was merging with the statistical state across the world as data collection and analysis reached incredible highs.
In the midst of the above, there was also the speed with which epidemiologists, public health professionals and researchers were publishing papers. Soon, this speed of publication was matched by the speed of retraction, charges of poor research and denials. In May-June 2020, the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine, two of the most respected journals in the field, retracted Covid-19 studies, at the request of the authors themselves, but perhaps spurred by the Guardian’s investigation into the data. The race, so to speak, was not always to the swift.
Now with the vaccine to hand and the long-term effects of those affected by the virus remaining to be seen, humanity also faces the prospect of a mutating virus. Once again, the speed and spread of the mutation and the new strains locates human efforts at the intersection of motility and speed. How many can be vaccinated, how long does the antibody last in the human form – these are, again, questions of the new order of temporality and motility, inscribed firmly within the larger frame of speed. As the virus continues to evade and jump borders, the characteristic tropes to describe the year just done, must be motility and speed.
In the future, there will have to be speed.
(The author is Professor, Department of English, University of Hyderabad)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line772
|
__label__wiki
| 0.853306
| 0.853306
|
You are here: Home » The Clinton Tapes
Wrestling History with the President
Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Parting the Waters, draws on seventy-nine confidential conversations with President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001 to offer a unique record of the Clinton presidency, as well as one of the most vivid, frank, and intimate glimpses into the mind of a sitting president ever published, in THE CLINTON TAPES: Wrestling History with the President (Simon & Schuster; September 29, 2009; $35.00). Branch, a longtime friend of Clinton’s, served as his secret diarist, tape-recording intense, often wry, occasionally strained late-night conversations about virtually every major event, issue, and personality of Clinton’s two terms – everything the president thought and felt privately but was not able to say in public.
Their primary goals were to preserve uncensored raw material for future historians, and to provide a basis for Clinton’s post-presidential memoir. But in the informal setting of the White House family quarters, Branch soon found himself struggling to balance his roles as friend, counselor, and objective interviewer. Seeking to preserve his own witness for history, Branch dictated his impressions after each session, not only of the topics covered, but of Clinton’s widely varying moods, manner, and highly personal interactions with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. From these recollections, he has crafted an extraordinary blend of history, journalism, and politics, which sheds fresh light on a controversial president, a contentious era, and the nature of the presidency itself.
BUY THE BOOK ONLINE: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million | Simon & Schuster
“I’m up to my ass in alligators”
In 1996, Frank Branch (1922–2003) gives his latest creation, a Jefferson Memorial bird feeder, to President Clinton on the South Lawn (below). Socks the cat is tethered in the background.
Clinton approached Branch shortly after his election to the presidency in 1992, asking whether Branch would agree to be his in-house historian, his “Arthur Schlesinger.” Instead, Branch proposed to help Clinton create an unfiltered, verbatim, contemporaneous record that would be under his sole control, in order to encourage maximum candor. In a quickly established pattern, Branch would be periodically summoned from his home in nearby Baltimore, often on short notice, whenever Clinton had an opening in his calendar. To avoid scrutiny in the fishbowl of the West Wing, the sessions were generally scheduled for late in the evening. Branch would be escorted by White House butlers and ushers upstairs to the president’s private office, called the Treaty Room, or to the family kitchen, the Truman Balcony, or perhaps the family parlor next to the president’s bedroom. At the end of every session, which usually lasted about two hours, Branch handed Clinton the only two copies of each tape, which Clinton put in what he called “a good hiding place” – his sock drawer.
Branch’s freewheeling conversations with Clinton had something of the quality of a bull session between old friends, which they had been since they shared an apartment with Hillary while working on George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign in Texas. “I’m up to my ass in alligators,” Clinton told Branch one night in December 1993, mostly over North Korea’s nuclear program. But as Branch writes, “Revelations lay hidden everywhere for specialists and regular citizens alike. A U.S. president was framing issues, telling stories, and thinking out loud. Inescapably, he let on what he did and did not notice inside the nation’s central bunker – what penetrated the walls of government and the clatter of opinion, and how he shaped and responded to what penetrated.” (pp. 13-14)
War and peace, Whitewater and Lewinsky, presidents and popes
Topics ranged from still-simmering concerns like North Korea, health care reform, the Middle East, and gays in the military to wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, budget battles with Newt Gingrich and a Republican Congress, the peace settlement in Northern Ireland, Whitewater, the Lewinsky scandal, impeachment, and the deadlocked presidential election of 2000. Under instructions from the Clinton’s lawyers, Branch was forbidden to tape comments related to Clinton’s legal troubles. For a time, Branch feared that these problems would put an end to the project entirely, but the president’s attorneys were able to shield the tapes from subpoena. Feeling safer after Clinton’s re-election in 1996, the President allowed Branch to record one oral history session entirely about his memories and opinions of the Whitewater investigation. (pp. 428-30)
Branch’s text puts the reader on his shoulder in the White House, never knowing what to expect from a cerebral, emotional, besieged President of the United States. Each recording sessions covers multiple subjects, with news and nuggets popping up from every direction. A small sample suggests the range of revelation:
Clinton lamented balky candidates for the Supreme Court: “I felt like Diogenes wandering in Athens, asking, where is an honest man I can give this job to.” (p. 43)
Clinton complained of a rare inability to make communicate with a fellow political leader, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, after Jiang brusquely dismissed a plea for human rights, saying, “Who is to say your freedom is worth it?” (p. 109)
Pakistani and Indian leaders foresaw “victory” after a nuclear exchange killing several hundred million people. “They really talk that way,” said a dismayed President Clinton. (p. 137)
A drunken President Boris Yeltsin tripped security alarms by sneaking out on Pennsylvania Avenue in his underwear to hail a taxi for a late-night pizza. (p. 197)
In a tense session on the night of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Chelsea Clinton sought and received advice for a homework essay on the character Dr. Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s novel. (p. 248)
President Clinton discussed air strikes in Bosnia on the phone with the Secretary of State while chewing a cigar, finishing a crossword, dealing solitaire, and making comments on tape. (p. 268)
Anticipating budget surpluses three years ahead of his hopes, Clinton predicted two political responses: pressure for highway construction and more diversions into personal scandal. (p. 483)
Three weeks after NATO stopped bombing Kosovo in a landmark victory, Clinton explored why nearly 80 percent of Americans believed we were still fighting. (p. 555)
Early in 2000, Clinton saw the leading GOP rivals as mirror opposites. George W. Bush was a gifted campaigner unqualified to be president, whereas John McCain was qualified but had no idea how to run. (p. 588)
Clinton disclosed specific plots by Osama bin Laden to kill him in Bangladesh and Pakistan in the spring of 2000, saying, “I hope I’m sitting here with you again next month.” (p. 590-95)
Clinton thought Gore could win the 2000 election with a wild-card selection of Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland as his running mate. (p. 618)
Clinton replayed an extraordinary two-hour conversation with Vice President Al Gore, airing grievances on both sides over responsibility for losing the 2000 presidential election. (p. 641)
Branch’s recollections provide fascinating new detail about Clinton’s reactions to these matters. When pressed by Branch to explain why he had become sexually involved with Monica Lewinsky, for instance, Clinton repeated over and over, “I think I just cracked.” Reeling, Branch expressed his great sadness that Clinton had handed his enemies a scandal of substance after coming so close to proving that all the others alleged against him were baseless.
In addition, Clinton offered memorable impressions and shrewd analysis of former presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, as well as many of the scores of foreign leaders with whom he dealt, including Tony Blair, Boris Yeltsin, Jiang Zemin, King Hussein, Nelson Mandela, Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yasser Arafat, and Pope John Paul II (whom he asked to relax the Catholic Church’s prohibition against birth control in order to help reduce the incidence of abortion).
Clashes with the press
As he began his sessions with Clinton, Branch was struck both by the ease with which they picked up their relationship after a twenty-year hiatus and the gulf that had opened up between them with Clinton’s election to the highest office in the land, with its life-and-death responsibilities. Moreover, he reflected on the divergent paths they had chosen, with Clinton trying to better the world through politics, and Branch seeking integrity through the pursuit of the written word. In their dialogue, Clinton’s tirades against the press were vociferous and frequent. The president mixed tirades with ever-changing theories about a culture of cynicism. In response, Branch urged both Bill and Hillary Clinton to try to cultivate and charm the press, rather than denounce or stonewall it. Nonetheless, to his shock, Branch found Clinton to be less cynical, more reflective, and more intellectually adventurous than many of his fellow writers. “It was hard to fathom,” he writes, “coming from the presumption of my own career. Yet most images of Clinton collapsed into formula and hype, however pervasive. They were myths.” (p. 379)
Challenging perceptions of Clinton and his presidency
Branch concludes: “Clinton’s tapes are a resource yet to be measured, like the telephone recordings still being released from his Cold War predecessors. Future scholars and specialists will find useful – often essential – the president’s exact words on many details that escaped my summary dictation. This book is a preview in close witness. Its format is distinct from a history, which strives to base compelling narrative and balanced judgment on evidence from wide-ranging, comprehensive sources. I did not try to evaluate Clinton’s version of complex events, and this first-person presentation makes me a participant in a memoir, not a history, gathering testimony from one central actor in American politics – Bill Clinton. His stories enjoy the benefits of privacy, immediacy, and control, but not hindsight. They are revealing but not conclusive. If they jar perceptions of Clinton or his presidency, healthy debate among citizens can repair mistakes and dispel even durable myths.” (p. 663)
Filled with surprising revelations, engaging anecdotes, pointed judgments, remarkable subtlety, and rich new detail, THE CLINTON TAPES offers a unique and enlarging perspective on one of our most brilliant, beleaguered, and perplexing presidents, as well as fresh lessons from his presidency.
Blog Categories Select Category America in the King Years Civil Rights College Sports Dudley Clendinen General HBO Miniseries NCAA Speaking Engagements Teaching American History The Clinton Tapes The King Years
Tweets by @taylorbranch
Praise for the King Era Trilogy
“The crowning achievement of Branch’s King trilogy is to show anew the moral power of [nonviolent] philosophy.”
— The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A thrilling book, marvelous in both its breadth and its detail. There is drama in every paragraph.”
— Anthony Lewis, The New York Times Book Review
“By the time you have finished [Pillar of Fire], you feel almost as if you have relived the era, not just read about it.”
– Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
“This is jet-propelled history.”
– James Goodman, The Boston Globe
“Right out of the pages of our lives….Compelling portraits, placed in the excitement of a period when oppressed and powerless people moving together changed themselves and their country profoundly and permanently.”
— Eleanor Holmes Norton, The New York Times Book Review
“A compelling story, masterfully told.”
– Richard John Neuhaus, The Wall Street Journal
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line777
|
__label__wiki
| 0.688869
| 0.688869
|
TLC Salutes Midland County Public Library
Oil isn’t the only prized commodity in Midland, Texas. Since 1903, the city and its surrounding county have been graced by Midland County Public Library and its commitment to lifelong learning.
The library system is dedicated to making Midland a better place by providing information access to everyone. That vision is most obvious in the American Library Association and International Interior Design Association’s award-winning Centennial Library location, where technology and multimedia displays meld with forward-thinking initiatives including an open-access audio and video recording studio museum-quality exhibits, live music performances, an artist-in-residence program, a fineless borrowing system, and much more. The Texas Library Association recognized the multitude of innovations by naming Midland County Public Library Director John Trischitti III its 2014 Librarian of the Year.
Midland County Public Library circulates nearly half a million items per year, and its partnership with West Texas Digital Library ensures that eBooks and other downloadable titles are readily available for the estimated 295,000 Midlanders in its service area. The library also provides Internet access to all residents and visitors, regardless of whether they have a library card.
The Library Corporation is honored to support Midland’s unique outreach efforts with the Library•Solution® integrated library system. TLC’s devotion to customer support and ongoing product development ensures that Midland County Public Library has the freedom to embrace new technologies as it explores new and exciting ways to serve its community.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line782
|
__label__wiki
| 0.581846
| 0.581846
|
Made possible by An Inconvenient Sequel
Electric vehicle charging station at a Z Energy station. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)
An interview with the climate change-obsessed CEO of NZ’s biggest petrol company
Duncan Greive | Managing Editor
Z Energy is the largest retailer of petrol in New Zealand, yet is paying to promote Al Gore’s climate change movie An Inconvenient Sequel. Duncan Greive meets Z CEO Mike Bennetts and asks what’s up with that.
The CEO stood atop the small flight of stairs leading into the multiplex of Event Cinemas’ tiring Newmarket branch and addressed a large crowd. He’d booked out all eight screens, put on craft beer and good wine and delicious hors d’oeuvres before we all watched a movie together.
Big companies do this kind of thing all the time – to host clients, or customers, or to cross-promote products. In some ways this was exactly that: “really what we’re looking to do here is get a group of diverse New Zealanders, from all walks of life, to be engaged with some stuff that we think really matters.”
Only, the film was An Inconvenient Sequel, Al Gore’s furious follow up to An Inconvenient Truth, a real life horror movie about the spiralling climate chaos engulfing our planet caused largely by rampant fossil fuel use. And the CEO was Mike Bennetts, head of Z Energy, New Zealand’s largest retailer of fossil fuels.
It’s definitely a weird scene. It’s definitely not particularly difficult to argue that Bennetts and Z are this country’s largest contributors to the very earth shattering phenomenon the film seeks to get us thinking about.
And yet Bennetts and Z do appear to be very genuine in their embrace of climate change’s reality. What they seem to be saying is this is real and it’s catastrophic, but we can’t all stop using fossil fuels tomorrow – and until we do, why not buy from someone who gives a shit?
It’s a cute message, and would be too cute if there wasn’t some substance. They’re spending $26m on a biodiesel plant which will turn tallow into fuel and in so doing apparently keep 37,000 tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere. Their entire fleet went hybrid years ago, and they recently donated 6c a litre from a day’s sales to re-foresting charity Trees that Count.
It seems a lot, but at the same time nothing at all. Not when our home appears caught in an aggressive vortex of ice melting, sea rising, desert forming and flash flooding which seems certain to displace millions if not billions of people and even render earth inhospitable if everything bad happens all at once.
Former United States of America Vice President Al Gore speaks at a COP 21 press conference in Paris, France in 2015. (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
All the same, something about Bennetts seems very genuine. In person he’s painfully open and sincere, and he didn’t just sponsor that screening, he also volunteered to be interviewed as part of this series on climate change we’re doing in collaboration with An Inconvenient Sequel. Again, weird.
But then, Bennetts is a weird CEO. A working class university dropout (he later returned to complete his studies) from South Auckland, he joined BP as a sales rep at 20, when global warming was barely imagined and left decades later when it was a near unequivocal scientific consensus.
The vast span Bennetts worked at the company means he was there when the first climate change stories began to make mainstream media. He was there when then-CEO John Brown made a famous address to Stanford acknowledging man-made climate change was real, and fossil fuels were a key contributor. He was there as chief of staff for the company’s fifth-highest ranking executive when she was in charge of renewables. And there when the company’s zeal for moving ‘Beyond Petroleum’ began to wane.
Then he was not there. “As more science and evidence become available it became clear to me that one, it was not environmentally sustainable and two, eventually it would not be economically and socially sustainable,” he says. The Bennetts family moved home to New Zealand after 17 years away in late 2008. Intending to take more than six months, but less than a year off, Bennetts found himself CEO of the New Zealand assets of Shell in April of 2009. Before the end of the year its board had approved a sustainability policy, and not long after it had ditched the Shell brand and become Z Energy, the only New Zealand-owned major petrol company.
While it’s easy to demonise big oil companies, it’s also not particularly clever. Unless you never enter an internal combustion engine-fueled car, boat or plane, or eat meals or use consumer goods transported by them, you’re probably part of the problem too. And, in all likelihood, you’re entirely discounting everything that has come from fossil fuels over the past century. Which is nearly everything good (and admittedly a decent portion of the bad too). But the planet is now full. All that remains now is the weaning off.
So what matters is whether you’re an enabler or an intervener. Supporting companies, even petrol companies, which are genuinely committed to changing, seems critical. Bennetts and Z say they really are changing, evolving the company to be both the last fossil fuel company standing, and a state of the art logistics and people moving business in the not that distant actually future. He says that because they don’t own any oil fields, they’re better situated than most of their retail competitors to truly embrace change.
I heard conflicting reports prior to meeting Bennetts, but because I desperately want to believe business can save the world I went to meet him at Z’s Mt Eden head offices to see what was up with this unconventional exec. What follows is a record of our conversation, condensed and edited for clarity (a little) and brevity (a bit more).
I’m fascinated by what it must be like as a climate change believer in a big oil company. Was there a sort of philosophical battle in you? Were doves and hawks on climate change within a huge organisation like that?
To some extent there is. I wasn’t pushed out of BP, I was very well thought of, had great career prospects. I’ve never worked in the upstream – I’ve never drilled for oil – but I’ve pretty well done all the other things you do with the downstream: sales, marketing,I.T., finance. I was on a global development program. There was only 150 of us out of 60,000 employees. It’s a very privileged development experience that I had. You got exposure to a whole bunch of stuff.
I just got to the point where, to put it simply, I sort of fell out of love with BP. It’s a good company, but there started to be a little bit of a values mismatch between my personal values and what the company was putting its emphasis on – I just felt like I was compromising what mattered to me.
So when you first came into BP, climate science is not particularly mainstream or well understood. Can you describe the dawning – either institutionally or personally or both.
I would go back to a speech by the group chief executive the time John Brown. He made a landmark address at Stanford University. I was relatively deep in the organisation, low level. And you’ve got the boss saying actually we believe in the science of climate change and we’re going to reduce our carbon footprint. So that started to get me interested in that sort of thing, personally exploring it as well as being exposed to it professionally.
How did you reconcile the moral or ethical element of your leaving that company with joining another petrol company, albeit in a more powerful role, back home?
I was interviewed by Marko Bogoievski who was the chief executive of Infratil, the intended half owners of the company. And through the interview process I put a couple of questions to him, where he made it very clear that he would support some of the thoughts I had around how a company in this space could be distinctive. Obviously you want to make sure it made money – it wasn’t a charity gig. But the way in which he answered some of the questions gave me quite a lot of confidence. I have a point of view on how companies should operate full stop, let alone their role in society. And Mark was very neutral to supportive and understanding around that.
I have a point of view on how companies work. I think in the past companies were very engineering driven, very alpha male. It’s like input, crank, and output. Whereas I saw companies as much more organic or biological – they change shape based on how they interact with the outside world. So the fact Marko was neutral to supportive as I deepened that conversation I thought OK, this is a good place to try and test my theory. And six months after we came in, we had our sustainability policy signed off by the board.
So what does sustainability mean to you?
We defined sustainability through three legs of a stool. There’s environmental, social and economic sustainability. So if we if we didn’t make money, we wouldn’t exist. If we didn’t do the right things around the environment, we don’t deserve to exist and the same thing for social. So much as we continue talking about our work around environmental sustainability, the work we do around social is just as important to us as well.
Obviously there’s a very large volume of cynicism about the idea of a petrol company really meaning it.
Yeah we flog the terrible stuff. Why would you believe us?
Exactly. So convince me that it’s that it’s not greenwashing.
What we stand for around sustainability is not sitting there on its own – it’s part of a system. And what I mean by that is we have a set of values inside the company. We have a purpose: we’re fundamentally here to solve what matters for a moving world. Not flog off more carbon. So the whole thing when you put it all together – when you see the whole picture of course that makes sense. On its own, I agree that there is something of a paradox there.
We didn’t go large on this in the early years. We thought it was most important that we tidy up our own backyard. So that any accusations around greenwashing, we could say ‘well I understand why you say that, but here’s what we’re already doing quietly behind the scenes’. For example, we made a decision to move all of our company cars to hybrids in November, 2010. We set targets around reducing waste water usage.
We worked on 16 goals over a five year period. We just we went and sorted that out. As we made progress around that we started to make ourselves available. People started to ring us up and say ‘that’s kind of weird and somewhat paradoxical’. So it all started to make more sense to people, and we had more offers of help, which we took. We drove this quite hard inside the firm. And with our retailers, who aren’t our employees.
How did they respond?
As you’d expect. Some would go ‘fantastic’. Others would go ‘rubbish’. And there was a group in the middle.
Did you lose any people?
Yeah, over the years we have. That’s not just because they don’t get on the sustainability bandwagon – it’s all the aspects of what Z was about. They were in a situation where under Shell it was a master-servant relationship. And here we were developing a partnership. We wanted input, and some folks would just prefer to be told what to do. So there was change both inside the company as well as with the service station operators. And it just evolved from there. We made a commitment to build a biodiesel plant. About four years ago now – a $26m dollar investment. So again you can say we might be greenwashing – but it’s actually quite a lot of money.
What is the net impact of that plant on New zealand’s emissions?
Small but profound, as weird as that sounds. Once it’s operating, which is very shortly, it will take 37,000 tonnes of carbon out of the system.
What’s New Zealand’s carbon emissions?
I can’t remember off the top of my head – but it’s a lot greater. [Ed’s note: net emissions were around 56m tonnes in 2014]. But it is about a third of what the government hopes to achieve through its EV program by 2021. Now I’m not saying one is better than the other – I think we need to do both. But it’s a great example of what we call small steps lead to giant strides.
We ran a promotional campaign yesterday where if you buy a litre of fuel, we’ll give six cents a litre to towards an organisation called Trees that Count. We can fund the planting of thousands of trees as a result. There’s no silver bullet on this stuff.
Right. Because the scale of the problem is so immense that there’s a tendency towards either a cynicism or a fatalism about it for people. In terms of the economic impact of the pure sort of environmental side of these sustainability policies, how was that for you?
The first steps you take around the environmental sustainability are usually good to do, because you’re basically tightening up your practices – wasting electricity, wasting water. So the first couple of years it was profitable to do it. And then you get into the more strategic issues – spending $26m on a biodiesel plant, taking six cents a litre rather than it banking it to the bottom line and using it to fund something of a carbon sink.
It sounds stupid for us to say we want to be carbon neutral…
But is it?
I don’t think it is. For those who believe in greenwashing it is. But we’ve now worked out how much it would cost: it’s a million dollars a year to be carbon neutral. That’s not the products we sell, but everything we do around getting those products to market.
What would it cost to to make the products you sell carbon neutral?
Probably $70-80m.
And what did you make in profit last year?
About $140m in post-tax profit.
There would be people who would say you could run a carbon neutral business and it’s just a lower margin. Is that something that you’ve toyed with idly, or could you make a case for that to you or to your board. It would be quite a radical.
So that’s where their third leg of the stool would fall over. Because we would not be economically sustainable.
But if you halve your profit you’re still profitable.
Yes. But we’ve still got billions of dollars invested – so our shareholders get a return on that. Their return will be way lower. But to your point – what we do say is ‘you don’t eat a Buffalo in one bite’. You take smaller bites. So we’ve tidied up our backyard. We’ve made some significant investments in helping our customers make better choices. We’ve now identified what it costs for us to become carbon neutral.
So that million dollar figure – is that something that you are going to do, have done – where are you in terms the emissions of the business, as opposed to its product?
What we have done is gone ‘let’s get it down from a million’, by lowering our emissions through our activities. And look for good things to do to offset farther rather than just finding some shonky foreign credits. Why don’t we go plants some trees?
So that ‘shonky foreign credits’ thing is quite interesting. Because on the one hand you’ve publicly stated that you think that our emissions trading scheme is inadequate. But also you’ve been identified by Gareth Morgan – who’s an annoying man, but probably also correct on this, as one of our ‘dirty dozen’. How do you respond to that duality?
So moments in time would be part of it. If these questionable credits were available today we would not be doing it. But if you go back three or four years ago, we were in a bit of a tough spot. What I mean by that is today our post-tax profits are about four and a half cents a litre. Three to four years ago they were about two and a half cents a litre. So we’re a very finely balanced organisation. Because we have a very, very small margin, multiplied by billions of litres. So it was an economically rational thing to do – it was not socially or environmentally sensible to do.
It was a moment in time, but there’s some regret for me there personally. Ultimately I made the call – but today I wouldn’t be doing that, because we’ve now got a different type of momentum inside our business, and we can we can sustain some of those choices couldn’t have three or four years ago.
Isn’t that sort of a microcosm of what the world is doing right now – making short term decisions, promising to change. And when it’s economically able to do that, we probably will. But by then the horse will have bolted that much further down the road.
I think there’s a certain amount of optimisation on the go, where people are balancing off pros and cons of going hard or not going at all. I think every family, every organisation, every country has to make their own choices around that. While still recognising that actually if we all sat round saying ‘I rely upon my neighbour’ that’s way insufficient. So it’s a little bit like death. We all know we’re going to die one day, but it’s not until we actually face our mortality that we go ‘wow – now I’m really thinking about it’. And I think that’s probably one of the biggest issues around the climate change debate. It’s like death in that it’s so far in the future, I don’t have to deal with it today.
Did you read that New York magazine story from earlier this week? It was obviously a collection of all of the worst case scenarios, but nonetheless was terrifying in a way that little else I’ve read on the subject has been.
Yes. Actually when I got the link, someone said to me ‘gee, be careful when you read this, you’ve got to be in the right frame of mind to read it’. I read it on the plane up from Wellington last night. Pretty sobering stuff. I think that’s the real challenge in this space, this whole death mortality thing – how do we have a constructive conversation around this stuff. How do we educate and expose people around it. And that’s partly why we support An Inconvenient Sequel, because we think it’s a really good thing that helps people move on.
I appreciate what you’ve said about the pragmatic realities of cleaning up your backyard – but what are some of the things that you’ve sort of toyed with? Because if the world is to survive, essentially it has to stop selling petrol. But it’s not going to stop moving around.
Strategy is the job of the CEO, in concert with with the board. And to put it bluntly we have two choices. We could put our head in the sand and pretend it’s not going to happen. That’s one way of doing it. Or we could say ‘actually let’s disrupt from within and transition the company to a transport energy provider of things that are preferably, if not zero carbon, certainly lower carbon.
Because we don’t drill for oil and gas. It’s not like we have to monetise billions of dollars of upstream investment. So that’s the paradigm that we’re in. Head in the sand or actually productively transition the company to a different future. That’s why we got electric vehicle charging stations, that’s why we’re investing in biodiesel. That’s why we tightened up our own backyard.
The biodiesel is 2c a litre more – so that will be a real test of New Zealanders – they’ll pay a premium for a better detergent. Will they do that on fuel? Some really big New Zealand companies have said they will: Fulton Hogan, Fonterra, New Zealand Post for example. And that gave us the confidence to invest.
Looking further out, how closely do you keep tabs on electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles – that sort of thing?
Really close. We track leading indicators on a quarterly basis around what’s happening on battery cost technology and all that stuff because EVs will turn up here one day. So if we can see how the price path on batteries is going that impacts the capital costs for any number of things.
We work with a guy called Roger Dennis, a futurist who met with our executive team a couple of weeks ago. We are going to be disrupted. We can see it coming.
In 2011 Z Energy partnered with electric vehicle charging company Charge.net.co.nz to install six units at Z stations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)
How far off do you see it as being? How far off is an Uber-for-taxis type event for you?
It’s really very hard to predict. What we have is published something called house view number one. It’s very hard to predict scenarios, but the answer probably lies within a range of outcomes. The more adverse to fossil fuels says that by 2030 we’ll sell a third less petrol. And that’s quite a lot.
It’s a combination of electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, public transport, better urban planning that ultimately affects demand – it’s not just because EVs turn up. We’re just preparing the company, looking at those leading indicators, looking at signposts which point towards one scenario over the other.
So I wondered if you could sketch a scenario where Zed is a, growing, healthy concern in say 20, 25 years time.
Z will be around, and fossil fuels will still be part of the mix. I think we may be one of the last ones standing in that space – but it makes sense for us to stay, because we’re a local company, we’re not foreign owned and we do have scale. So I think what is happening in that space we’d like is still to be a participant.
If we’re good enough we be extended into three areas. One would be biofuels or more broadly alternatives to the current fossil fuel mix. We can either be a barrier to change or a catalyst for change in that space. We are likely to have extended our brand and capabilities into mobility as a service.
I certainly am not an Uber fan, because of the prick who runs it. I know he’s lost his job, but from a values perspective there was a misogynist arsehole who’s running the company. So I’m glad he’s gone. But there might be people say ‘I’d rather buy some of those services from a company like Z than I would from anyone else’. So we think about extending our branding capabilities to mobility as a service which is quite an interesting area.
The third area that we think about is what we currently call the last mile. So 85 percent of New Zealand lives within five kilometres of one of our service stations. Now can I make money out of that? Particularly in a world of 3D printing and drone delivery. So we’ve got a pretty good footprint
So we could sell fossil fuels or deliver other things that people need – because usually the last mile between a big entity and the customer is usually the most expensive. And we’re really in that game. So those are the three things that we are currently working on.
So those aren’t just board papers – they’re actual targets for the business?
We’ve had the philosophical debate and we’ve said actually that’s a legitimate place for us to play. Which is why we’ve got people thinking here as well as travelling overseas. We’ve had conversations with Air New Zealand around by use of bio jet fuel, for example. Very very preliminary stuff.
So you imagine revenue curves over a relatively long time horizon, with fossil trending down but new revenue streams of owned fleet or distribution centres rising. You’re not planning to be the last gas station standing.
Ideally I’d like it to be both. The reason I say that is we do need to diversify but at the same time have to be responsible for our shareholders. If we can’t do that adequately we should actually just give the money back and run the company until eventually it dies.
Climate Change Week at The Spinoff is brought to you by An Inconvenient Sequel – in cinemas August 24.
A decade after Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes An Inconvenient Sequel – highlighting the perils of unmitigated climate change and the need for more action. See it in cinemas from Thursday August 24.
Motorsport great Hayden Paddon on bouncing back from the toughest years of his life
George Driver
Partner content- January 9, 2021
A review of The Overstory, a knockout novel that speaks for the trees
Susan Wardell
How to survive a shipwreck: A sea level rise story
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line784
|
__label__wiki
| 0.586279
| 0.586279
|
Ed Brisson
Robocop: Last Stand #8 (of 8)
Robocop: Last Stand #8 screams behind-the-scenes story. It’s got a new writer, on issue eight of an eight issue limited, but it’s also got no mention of Frank Miller. Besides the narrative—which loosely follows the previous seven issues but could also be seen entirely as a follow-up to Robocop 3—and Oztekin’s art, it’s a very […]
Cluster 6 (August 2015)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 8 August 2015
The Mantle 2 (June 2015)
The Mantle 1 (May 2015)
Cluster 5 (July 2015)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 1 July 2015
Cluster 4 (May 2015)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 6 May 2015
Cluster 3 (April 2015)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 8 April 2015
Cluster 2 (March 2015)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 4 March 2015
Sons of Anarchy 18 (February 2015)
Cluster 1 (February 2015)
Sons of Anarchy 17 (January 2015)
Sons of Anarchy 16 (December 2014)
Sons of Anarchy 15 (November 2015)
Sheltered 9 (May 2014)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 2 June 2014
The Field 2 (May 2014)
Comics by Andrew Wickliffe 20 May 2014
Sons of Anarchy 9 (May 2014)
Sheltered 8 (April 2014)
The Field 1 (April 2014)
Sons of Anarchy 8 (April 2014)
Sons of Anarchy 7 (March 2014)
Robocop: Last Stand 8 (March 2014)
Sheltered 7 (February 2014)
Robocop: Beta 1 (February 2014)
Sheltered 6 (January 2014)
Sheltered 5 (November 2013)
Sheltered 4 (October 2013)
Sheltered 1 (July 2013)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line785
|
__label__wiki
| 0.675049
| 0.675049
|
Share this Story: GOLDSTEIN: Toronto's gang crisis and the racism of low expectations
GOLDSTEIN: Toronto's gang crisis and the racism of low expectations
Lorrie Goldstein
Only remounts of yellow police tape and shattered window glass from a minivan remain at the crime scene on Research Rd. in the upper Thorncliffe Park area where a man in his 20s was shot dead during a drive-by shooting Tuesday night around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 10, 2020. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun
While Toronto likes to consider itself the most “woke” city in Canada when it comes to race relations, what’s happening on our streets is the racism of low expectations.
That is, the attitude of provincial and municipal governments that while gang and gun violence is skyrocketing in Toronto, it’s mainly Black criminals killing other Black criminals in poor sections of the city, so it’s not really a crisis.
GOLDSTEIN: Toronto's gang crisis and the racism of low expectations Back to video
Nothing compared to, say, if White criminal gangs were killing White people in affluent neighbourhoods, because if that was happening they’d have called in the army by now.
What’s happening in Toronto is a crisis and not just because innocent bystanders of every race are being wounded and killed in the crossfire of criminal gangs shooting at each other in the streets at all hours of the day and night.
It’s also a crisis because the vast majority of Blacks who are law-abiding, particularly those living in “vulnerable” communities such as social housing projects, are being disproportionately terrorized by these gangs.
While gang and gun crime has long been a problem in Toronto, it’s been skyrocketing since 2014 when the provincial and municipal governments effectively banned police street checks, also known as carding.
Street checks are a fundamental tool of police intelligence gathering. It means interviewing people on the street who are not suspected of crime in order to gather and record information that may be helpful in preventing future crimes.
For example, by stopping gang wars before they occur, instead of just reacting to shootings after the fact.
Street checks were scrapped because they were found to be racist in disproportionately targeting Blacks. It’s true there were problems — a quota system for filing reports contributed to abuses — but the practice was never supposed to be abandoned.
The previous Liberal provincial government introduced a new regulation to govern street checks in 2017, intended to protect the civil liberties of people questioned by police, but it was so impractical, even according to the judge who reviewed it for the government, that they were never revived.
Here’s what’s happened in Toronto since 2014, the first year street checks were drastically cut before being eliminated in subsequent years.
In 2019, shootings and firearms discharges were up 178% compared to 2014 (492 vs. 177), while the number of people injured or killed by gunfire was up 176% (284 vs. 103). Toronto recorded its highest level of gun violence since 2004.
This year is worse than last year. Shootings and firearms discharges are up 13% (258 vs. 229) thus far, compared to 2019
The number of people injured and killed by gunfire is down slightly, by 2% compared to 2019 (119 vs. 122), but the number killed is up 39% (25 vs. 18).
While all communities are impacted by gang and gun violence, Toronto’s Black community bears the brunt of it.
Studies have shown young Black men in Toronto are five times more likely to be homicide victims than the general population.
While Blacks make up 8.8% of the population, they typically account for a third to one-half of all homicide victims annually.
But no one in authority wants to talk about this. They are terrified of raising the idea of bringing back street checks, with proper protections for civil liberties, for fear of being denounced by activists who hate the police.
So year after year, the carnage grows. This is what the racism of low expectations has brought us.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line788
|
__label__cc
| 0.516565
| 0.483435
|
Share this Story: LPGA veteran Cristie Kerr injured in golf cart accident
LPGA veteran Cristie Kerr injured in golf cart accident
Cristie Kerr tees off at the 1st hole during Round Three of the LPGA KIA CLASSIC at the Park Hyatt Aviara golf course in Carlsbad, Calif., on March 24, 2018. Photo by Donald Miralle /Getty Images / Files
Cristie Kerr is recovering from injuries sustained in a golf cart accident, and her status for next week’s U.S. Women’s Open is unclear.
The injury occurred early Friday morning before she was scheduled to tee off at the Volunteers of America Classic. In Thursday’s first round in The Colony, Texas, she shot a 1-over 72.
LPGA veteran Cristie Kerr injured in golf cart accident Back to video
Kerr withdrew without starting the second round.
Kerr, 43, has 20 all-time wins on the LPGA tour and has won two majors – the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2010 LPGA Championship.
Details of the accident were unclear on Saturday. Her husband, Erik Stevens, confirmed to Golfweek that both Kerr and her caddie, Matt Gelczis, suffered multiple injuries. They were treated in the emergency room of a local hospital and discharged later in the day.
Stevens did not disclose the extent of their injuries.
Kerr has played in every U.S. Women’s Open since 1998. This year’s event begins Thursday at Champions Golf Course in Houston. Jeongeun Lee is the defending champion.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line789
|
__label__wiki
| 0.548299
| 0.548299
|
The Secret Rise of 21st Century Democracy
Margaret Flowers &
Kevin Zeese,
New economies based on greater democratic control, real representation and citizen participation are on the rise. There is much to be learned from countries like Venezuela that break from the Washington Consensus.
If Americans knew the truth about the growth of real democracy in Venezuela and other Latin American countries, we would demand economic democracy and participatory government, which together would threaten the power of concentrated wealth. The seeds of both are beginning to sprout in the US despite efforts to keep Americans ignorant about them. Real democracy creates a huge challenge to the oligarchs and their neoliberal agenda because it is driven by human needs, not corporate greed. That is why major media in the US, which are owned by six corporations, aggressively misinform the public about Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution.
Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research writes, “The Western media reporting has been effective. It has convinced most people outside of Venezuela that the country is run by some kind of dictatorship that has ruined it.” In fact, just the opposite is true. Venezuela, since the election of Chavez, has become one of the most democratic nations on Earth. Its wealth is increasing and being widely shared. But Venezuela has been made so toxic that even the more liberal media outlets propagate distortions to avoid being criticized as too leftist. Venezuela is a front line in the battle between the elites and the people over US-style democracy, as we described in Part I of this series.
We spoke with Mike Fox, who went to Venezuela in 2006 to see for himself what was happening. Fox spent years documenting the rise of participatory democracy in Venezuela and Brazil. He found a grassroots movement creating the economy and government they wanted, often pushing Chavez further than he wanted to go. Venezuelan democracy and economic transformation are bigger than Chavez. Chavez opened a door to achieve the people’s goals: literacy programs in the barrios, more people attending college, universal access to health care, as well as worker-owned businesses and community councils where people make decisions for themselves. Change came through decades of struggle leading to the election of Chavez in 1998, a new constitution and ongoing work to make that constitution a reality.
Challenging American Empire
The subject of Venezuela is taboo because it has been the most successful country to repel the neoliberal assault waged by the US on Latin America. This assault included Operation Condor, launched in 1976, in which the US provided resources and assistance to bring friendly dictators who supported neoliberal policies to power throughout Latin America. These policies involved privatizing national resources and selling them to foreign corporations, de-funding and privatizing public programs such as education and health care, deregulating and reducing trade barriers.
In addition to intense political repression under these dictators between the 1960s and 1980s, which resulted in imprisonment, murder and disappearances of tens of thousands throughout Latin America, neoliberal policies led to increased wealth inequality, greater hardship for the poor and working class, as well as a decline in economic growth.
Neoliberalism in Venezuela arrived through a different path, not through a dictator. Although most of its 20th century was spent under authoritarian rule, Venezuela has had a long history of pro-democracy activism. The last dictator, Marcos Jimenez Perez, was ousted from power in 1958. After that, Venezuelans gained the right to elect their government, but they existed in a state of pseudo-democracy, much like the US currently, in which the wealthy ruled through a managed democracy that ensured the wealthy benefited most from the economy.
As it did in other parts of the world, the US pushed its neoliberal agenda on Venezuela through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. These institutions required Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP) as terms for development loans. As John Perkins wrote in Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, great pressure was placed on governments to take out loans for development projects. The money was loaned by the US, but went directly to US corporations who were responsible for the projects, many of which failed, leaving nations in debt and not better off. Then the debt was used as leverage to control the government’s policies so they further favored US interests. Anun Shah explains the role of the IMF and World Bank in more detail in Structural Adjustment – a Major Cause of Poverty.
A turning point in the Venezuelan struggle for real democracy occurred in 1989. President Carlos Andres Perez ran on a platform opposing neoliberalism and promised to reform the market during his second term. But following his re-election in 1988, he reversed himself and continued to implement the “Washington Consensus” of neoliberal policies – privatization and cuts to social services. The last straw came when he ended subsidies for oil. The price of gasoline doubled and public transportation prices rose steeply. Protests erupted in the towns surrounding the capitol, Caracas, and quickly spread into the city itself. President Perez responded by revoking multiple constitutional rights to protest and sending in security forces who killed an estimated 3,000 people, most of them in the barrios. This became known as the “Caracazo” (“the Caracas smash”) and demonstrated that the president stood with the oligarchs, not with the people.
Under President Perez, conditions continued to deteriorate for all but the wealthy in Venezuela. So people organized in their communities and with Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez attempted a civilian-led coup in 1992. Chavez was jailed, and so the people organized for his release. Perez was impeached for embezzlement of 250 million bolivars and the next president, Rafael Caldera, promised to release Chavez when he was elected. Chavez was freed in 1994. He then traveled throughout the country to meet with people in their communities and organizers turned their attention to building a political movement.
Chavez ran for president in 1998 on a platform that promised to hold a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution saying, “I swear before my people that upon this moribund constitution I will drive forth the necessary democratic transformations so that the new republic will have a Magna Carta befitting these new times.” Against the odds, Chavez won the election and became president in 1999.
While his first term was cautious and center-left, including a visit by Chavez to the NY Stock Exchange to show support for capitalism and encourage foreign investment, he kept his promise. Many groups participated in the formation of the new constitution, which was gender-neutral and included new rights for women and for the indigenous, and created a government with five branches adding a people’s and electoral branches. The new constitution was voted into place by a 70 percent majority within the year. Chavez also began to increase funding for the poor and expanded and transformed education.
Since then, Chavez has been re-elected twice. He was removed from power briefly in 2002, jailed and replaced by Pedro Carmona, the head of what is equivalent to the Chamber of Commerce. Fox commented that the media was complicit in the coup by blacking it out and putting out false information. Carmona quickly moved to revoke the constitution and disband the legislature. When the people became aware of what was happening, they rapidly mobilized and surrounded the capitol in Caracas. Chavez was reinstated in less than 48 hours.
One reason the Chavez election is called a Bolivarian Revolution is because Simon Bolivar was a military political leader who freed much of Latin America from the Spanish Empire in the early 1800s. The election of Chavez, the new constitution and the people overcoming the coup set Venezuela on the path to free itself from the US empire. These changes emboldened the transformation to sovereignty, economic democracy and participatory government.
In fact, Venezuela paid its debts to the IMF in full five years ahead of schedule and in 2007 separated from the IMF and World Bank, thus severing the tethers of the Washington Consensus. Instead, Venezuela led the way to create the Bank of the South to provide funds for projects throughout Latin America and allow other countries to free themselves from the chains of the IMF and World Bank too.
The Rise of Real Democracy
The struggle for democracy brought an understanding by the people that change only comes if they create it. The people viewed Chavez as a door that was opened for them to create change. He was able to pass laws that aided them in their work for real democracy and better conditions. And Chavez knew that if the people did not stand with him, the oligarchs could remove him from power as they did for two days in 2002.
With this new understanding and the constitution as a tool, Chavez and the people have continued to progress in the work to rebuild Venezuela based on participatory democracy and freedom from US interference. Chavez refers to the new system as “21st century socialism.” It is very much an incomplete work in progress, but already there is a measurable difference.
Mark Weisbrot of CEPR points out that real GDP per capita in Venezuela expanded by 24 percent since 2004. In the 20 years prior to Chávez, real GDP per person actually fell. Venezuela has low foreign public debt, about 28 percent of GDP, and the interest on it is only 2 percent of GDP. Weisbrot writes: “From 2004-2011, extreme poverty was reduced by about two-thirds. Poverty was reduced by about one-half, and this measures only cash income. It does not count the access to health care that millions now have, or the doubling of college enrollment – with free tuition for many. Access to public pensions tripled. Unemployment is half of what it was when Chávez took office.” Venezuela has reduced unemployment from 20 percent to 7 percent.
Venezuela is making rapid progress on other measures too. It has a high human development index and a low and shrinking index of inequality. Wealth inequality in Venezuela is half of what it is in the United States. It is rated “the fifth-happiest nation in the world” by Gallup. And Pepe Escobar writes that,”No less than 22 public universities were built in the past 10 years. The number of teachers went from 65,000 to 350,000. Illiteracy has been eradicated. There is an ongoing agrarian reform.” Venezuela has undertaken significant steps to build food security through land reform and government assistance. New homes are being built, health clinics are opening in underserved areas and cooperatives for agriculture and business are growing.
Venezuelans are very happy with their democracy. On average, they gave their own democracy a score of seven out of ten while the Latin American average was 5.8. Meanwhile, 57 percent of Venezuelans reported being happy with their democracy compared to an average for Latin American countries of 38 percent, according to a poll conducted by Latinobarometro. While 81 percent voted in the last Venezuelan election, only 57.5 percent voted in the recent US election.
This is not to say that the process has been easy or smooth. The new constitution and laws passed by Chavez have provided tools, but the government and media still contain those who are allied with the oligarchy and who resist change. People have had to struggle to see that what is written on paper is made into a reality. For example, Venezuelans now have the right to reclaim urban land that is fallow and use it for food and living. Many attempts have been made to occupy unused land and some have been met by hostility from the community or actual repression from the police. In other cases, attempts to build new universities have been held back by the bureaucratic process.
It takes time to build a new democratic structure from the bottom up. And it takes time to transition from a capitalist culture to one based on solidarity and participation. In “Venezuela Speaks,” one activist, Iraida Morocoima, says “Capitalism left us with so many vices that I think our greatest struggle is against these bad habits that have oppressed us.” She goes on to describe a necessary culture shift as, “We must understand that we are equal, while at the same time we are different, but with the same rights.”
Chavez passed a law in 2006 that united various committees in poor barrios into community councils that qualify for state funds for local projects. In the city, community councils are composed of 200 to 400 families. The councils elect spokespeople and other positions such as executive, financial and “social control” committees. The councilmembers vote on proposals in a general assembly and work with facilitators in the government to carry through on decisions. In this way, priorities are set by the community and funds go directly to those who can carry out the project such as building a road or school. There are currently more than 20,000 community councils in Venezuela creating a grassroots base for participatory government.
A long-term goal is to form regional councils from the community councils and ultimately create a national council. Some community councils already have joined as communes, a group of several councils, which then have the capacity for greater research and to receive greater funds for large projects.
The movement to place greater decision-making capacity and control of local funds in the hands of communities is happening throughout Latin America and the world. It is called participatory budgeting and it began in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989 and has grown so that as many as 50,000 people now participate each year to decide as much as 20 percent of the city budget. There are more than 1,500 participatory budgets around the world in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Fox produced a documentary, Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas, which explains participatory budgeting in greater detail.
Democracy Is Coming to the USA
Participatory budgeting is a method of participatory government in which people manage public money. In this democratic process, community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. It provides communities with greater control over their economic lives and more input into the investments in their community.
In the US and Canada, participatory budgeting exists primarily at the city level for the municipal budget. It also has been used, however, for counties, states, housing authorities, schools and school systems, universities, coalitions, and other public agencies. The first city to put in place participatory budgeting on a citywide level is Vallejo, CA. Other US cities that have started using it are Chicago and New York.
Chicago was the first city in the US to use this process. Since 2009, residents of Chicago’s diverse 49th Ward have decided how to spend the $1.3 million annual capital budget of Alderman Joe Moore. Capital budgets do not include hiring people, but are for physical improvements to the neighborhood. Residents identify spending ideas and select community representatives in neighborhood assemblies. These representatives develop full project proposals from these ideas, and then residents vote on which projects to fund. The capital spending-budget pie chart has changed dramatically since it went under popular control. It moved from a handful of large projects to four or five times as many small projects, according to Maria Hadden, who was involved in the process and works with the Participatory Budgeting Project. Today, four Chicago aldermen use participatory budgeting.
In New York City in 2011, City Council Members Brad Lander, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Eric Ulrich, and Jumaane D. Williams launched a participatory budgeting process to let residents allocate part of their capital discretionary funds. In 2012, the number of Council Members involved in Participatory Budgeting in New York City doubled to include David Greenfield, Dan Halloran, Stephen Levin, and Mark Weprin, giving the community real decision-making power over approximately $10 million in taxpayer money. The response by participants in the process is very positive. There are many examples of the success of participatory budgeting from around the world.
Here is how the participatory budgeting process works: “Residents brainstorm spending ideas, volunteer budget delegates develop proposals based on these ideas, residents vote on proposals, and the government implements the top projects.” The people are not advisors in this process; they are decision-makers.
Participatory budgeting advocates point to six advantages of the process, which include greater transparency and accountability, greater understanding of both democracy and community needs and stronger connections between members of the community and their city.
Participatory budgeting does not cost the government any extra money. It is a method for deciding how to spend existing funds. To put in place participatory budgeting, political will is required from above, and community support from below. The budget needs to be controlled by someone willing to agree to permit the public to decide how to spend a portion of it. Usually, community organizations are involved to engage people and push the process forward, especially those working with marginalized communities. Participatory budgeting does not usually require any change in law. For more information, see: 72 Frequently Asked Questions about Participatory Budgeting, or attend their May conference, “Building a Democratic City.“
In previous articles, we have written about other aspects of economic democracy including worker-directed businesses and cooperatives and community work. Participatory budgeting is another example of the kind of change that creates economic democracy, which is beginning to take root in the United States. Other changes include building sustainable local living economies, democratizing the money supply through alternative currencies and time banks, creating publicly owned banks, creating land trusts for permanently-affordable housing and establishing a universal, publicly-financed single-payer health care system. There is more information about these on our economic democracy web site, ItsOurEconomy.us.
Lessons for Americans and Others
The 21st century is a time to rethink where we are heading. It is time to form new economies based on greater democratic control and to build new formations of government based on modern constitutions that are more democratic, providing real representation as well as direct and participatory democracy. If the US media would stop demonizing Venezuela and other countries that break from the Washington Consensus and instead tell the truth, we could learn from their successes and failures and could vastly improve our own democracy and economy, both of which are doing poorly.
The US Constitution is treated by many with unquestioned reverence. But, in truth, it is a document that needs to be updated. Even a member of the US Supreme Court has made this point. Justice Ruth Ginsburg, when speaking to Egyptians who were considering their new constitution, urged Egyptians to look to other countries’ newer constitutions for guidance saying, “[I] would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.” She noted several other models that have emerged and offer more specific and contemporary guarantees of rights and liberties, pointing to South Africa’s constitution, which she called a “really great piece of work” for its embrace of basic human rights and guarantee of an independent judiciary. She also noted Canada’s charter of rights and freedoms and the European Convention of Human Rights.
Thurgood Marshall, before he became a Supreme Court justice, assisted Kenya in writing its constitution, which he modeled after the European Convention on Human Rights. Unlike the US Constitution, the Kenyan document guarantees rights to education, health, welfare and a right to work. Other models of advanced constitutions are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the recent Iceland Constitution written by crowd sourcing of their population and the Venezuelan Constitution. While the US Constitution was the model for the world in the 20th century, today constitutions of the world’s democracies are, on average, less similar to the US Constitution than they were at the end of World War II. Of course, there are excellent parts of the US Constitution, but surely we can learn from others.
The economic transformation of Venezuela is also a learning opportunity for the US, Europe and others. Venezuela is not moving toward Soviet or Chinese communism or centralized socialism, nor is it embracing US big finance-dominated capitalism. It is charting a new course – Chavez’ “21st Century Socialism” that is being built from the bottom up. Richard Gott writes in the Guardian:
The changes in Venezuela have had an effect beyond Venezuela. They have encouraged Argentina to default on its debt; to reorganize its economy thereafter and to renationalize its oil industry. Chávez has helped Evo Morales of Bolivia to run its oil and gas industry for the benefit of the country rather than its foreign shareholders, and more recently to halt the robbery by Spain of the profits of its electricity company. Above all, he has shown the countries of Latin America that there is an alternative to the single neoliberal message that has been endlessly broadcast for decades, by governments and the media in hock to an outdated ideology.
The essential lesson is a rejection of neoliberal policies of privatization, lack of investment in social services and placing the market in charge of the economy. Unfortunately, in the United States the Washington Consensus that destroyed Latin American economies is being applied at home creating a record wealth divide, widespread unemployment and underemployment, inadequate social programs and lack of investment in a new economy. President Obama and Congress continue to move toward austerity and threaten a deeper recession or worse.
One country that has embraced similar reforms as Venezuela is Ecuador. The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued a report last week that found in Ecuador “possibly the most comprehensive financial reform of any country in the 21st century.” Ecuador’s “New Deal” nationalized the central bank, used the money to invest in infrastructure, housing and co-ops, enacted progressive taxes and capital controls, bargained hard on foreign loans and oil concessions, enforced anti-trust laws to break up the financier-owned media oligopoly, made a counter-cyclical fiscal stimulus of sufficient size, increased spending on health and education and is doing far better than it was before the Great Recession.
Like the Venezuelan experience, the experience in Ecuador should give Americans hope. Ecuadorians went against powerful forces – the US empire and its oligarchy. As the report notes, “A government committed to reform of the financial system, can – with popular support – confront an alliance of powerful, entrenched financial, political, and media interests and win.”
Predictably, the US corporate media, as it has done to Chavez and Venezuela, is attacking Ecuador and its popular president Rafael Correa. President Correa recently experienced a landslide re-election, yet The New York Times published what can only be described as a “hit piece” on him beforehand, headlined “Ecuador’s President Shows Confidence About Re-election, Too Much for Some” describing this populist democrat as authoritarian. Like Venezuela, Ecuador has a new constitution, challenged the oligarchic media and is in the midst of a “citizens’ revolution” that has included throwing the US out of a military base, for a time ending diplomatic relations with the US empire and providing diplomatic protection to Julian Assange.
There are lots of lessons for Americans: Build from the grassroots, keep building no matter who is elected, push your political friends farther than they want to go, don’t trust the corporate media and do question the official consensus of the political and economic class that rules us. In the end, we need to build the two pillars of economic democracy and participatory government to overcome the concentrated wealth and corrupt government that rules through a mirage of managed democracy. That is our task. It is a path of proven success.
You can hear our interview with Mike Fox and Maria Hadden on Participatory Democracy in Venezuela and the US on Clearing the FOG Radio (podcast) or view it on UStream/ItsOurEconomy.
This is Part II in a series on democracy in the United States. Last week we examined “Lifting the Veil of Mirage Democracy in the United States.”
This article was first published on Truthout and any reprint or reproduction on any other web site must acknowledge Truthout as the original site of publication.
Non-profits and educational institutions may reprint this article. All others are asked to request permission from the authors.
Margaret Flowers
Margaret Flowers is a retired pediatrician and advocate for national improved Medicare for All. She directs PopularResistance.org and hosts “Clearing the FOG” radio. Follow her on Twitter: @MFlowers8.
Kevin Zeese is an organizer with Popular Resistance. Zeese is also an attorney who has been a political activist since graduating from George Washington Law School in 1980. He works on peace, economic justice, criminal law reform and reviving American democracy. Follow him on Twitter: @KBZeese.
Chavez Wins New Term in Venezuela
Mr. Chu00e1vez has said that he would move forward even more aggressively to create his version of socialism in Venezuela in a new six-year term, although his pledges…
William Neuman,
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line791
|
__label__wiki
| 0.565974
| 0.565974
|
Drama 2005 1 hr 57 min
Available on iTunes
A troubled young man wages a desperate struggle against his brother to win his father's love and attention in this Oscar-winning adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel.
Starring James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey
Director Elia Kazan
Cal Trask
Raymond Massey
Adam Trask
Jo Van Fleet
Sam the Sheriff
Aron Trask
Albert Dekker
Will Hamilton
Harold Gordon
Gustav Albrecht
Nick Dennis
Rantani
Rose Plumer
Joe (uncredited)
Roy (uncredited)
Paul Osborn
Leonard Rosenman
Average 8.1
© 1954 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
English (AAC, Dolby 5.1, CC)
Arabic (Subtitles), Chinese (Traditional) (Subtitles), Czech (Subtitles), Danish (Denmark) (Subtitles), Dutch (Netherlands) (Subtitles), Finnish (Finland) (Subtitles), French (France) (Subtitles), German (Germany) (Subtitles), Greek (Greece) (Subtitles), Hebrew (Subtitles), Hungarian (Subtitles), Italian (Italy) (Subtitles), Norwegian (Norway) (Subtitles), Polish (Poland) (Subtitles), Portuguese (Portugal) (Subtitles), Russian (Subtitles), Spanish (Spain) (Subtitles), Swedish (Sweden) (Subtitles), Turkish (Subtitles), Ukrainian (Subtitles)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line796
|
__label__wiki
| 0.699014
| 0.699014
|
Artivism’s 5th Annual Open Mic Night
Home S&S Arts and Entertainment Artivism’s 5th Annual Open Mic Night
March 23, 2015July 14, 2020
Nika Zarazvand (Jr.) and Aishee Das (Jr.), two leaders in Artivism, kick off the night with a strong spoken piece alongside unseen Alana Porat (Sr.) and Kathy Flores (Jr.). (N Maleki)
Catalina Fernandez (Jr.)’s “Nearness of You” moved the audience. (N Maleki)
Shiva Verma (Jr.), a veteran of Open Mic Night, performed “Stormy Mondays”. (N Maleki)
Gopal Vashishta (Sr.)’s flute solo “Telisi Rama” mesmerized the audience. (N Maleki)
On Friday, February 20, University High School’s (UHS) Artivism club hosted its 5th biannual Open Mic Night. A bridge between art and activism, Artivism holds club meetings every Friday in room 220, discussing social movements and ways to bring about change with the arts.
The night began with a powerful introduction by four of the club’s members, Alana Porat (Sr.), Nika Zarazvand (Jr.), Kathy Flores (Sr.) and Aishee Das (Jr.) with a spoken word performance describing Artivism. Their performance set the mood for the event as a welcoming environment where talented individuals would share their passions.
The show, held in the little theater, showcased the many talents of UHS’s students, as each performer in the lineup took the stage under the dim lighting. Open Mic Night drew in a diverse range of performers and a full house in the audience. From Gopal Vashishta’s (Sr.) flute solo “Telisi Rama” to Yamini Nambimadom’s (Jr.) original song “Blue Eyes,” and from Iona Batchelder’s (Jr.) cello solo “Paganini Caprice No. 24” to Jake Wigal (Sr.) of Scavenger’s debut performance of “Ignite,” the show had something for everyone. Nambimadom said of her performance, “I love writing music but it’s not very high quality or performance ready, and Open Mic Night is a great place to test out original music. Most of the people who perform are musicians and they give me a lot of feedback, and it’s a very accepting, low stakes environment.”
Zarazvand, one of the emcees of the night, said, “Friday night’s performance was one of the best by far. Our performers were all so talented and we had such an interesting cultural and artistic variety that kept the audience on their toes. But probably the most important aspect of any show, that was apparent Friday night, is the honesty and courage of the performers. It takes a lot to get up on a stage and share your art with others. Creativity also comes with vulnerability, and the performers brave enough to share both felt the love and support from the audience. Everyone was so supportive of one another and really listened thoughtfully to each and everyone’s story or performance. I think everyone would agree that it was truly a special night.”
“Signing up for Open Mic Night is pretty low key,” said Das. “We advertise on Facebook and around campus. Anyone interested can either put their name on the signup sheet outside room 220, or talk to Alana.”
Open Mic Night’s cozy and intimate setting was the perfect environment for students to demonstrate their talents in a very welcoming and cultivating atmosphere. All who attended the event appreciated the courage and talent from the performers and look forward to future Artivism events. If you are interested in learning more about Artivism, the club meets every Friday in room 220.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line799
|
__label__cc
| 0.70506
| 0.29494
|
How do I find a list of genes in a genomic region using the UCSC Genome Browser?
UCSC Genome Browser Tutorial
This tutorial shows how to use the UCSC genome browser to find a list of genes in a given genomic region.
Speaker: : UCSC Genome Browser
How do I find the SNPs upstream from genes using the UCSC Genome Browser?
This tutorial shows how to find all the single nucleotide polymorphisms upstream from genes using the UCSC Genome Browser.
How do I find all the SNPs in a gene using the UCSC Genome Browser?
This tutorial demonstrates how to find all the single nucleotide polymorphisms in a gene using the UCSC Genome Browser.
Saving and Sharing Sessions on the UCSC Genome Browser
The Saved Sessions feature of the Browser has been around for quite some time, but many of our users have not made full use of it. It offers a great way to keep track of your thinking on a particular topic.
Track Collection Tool at the UCSC Genome Browser -- Quick Start
Controlling the visibility of data tracks on the UCSC Genome Browser
This tutorial demonstrates the visibility controls on the Genome Browser, showing the affect on BED tracks, wiggle tracks and Conservation tracks. It also discusses supertracks and composite tracks.
Using the in-Silico PCR (isPCR) tool in the UCSC Genome Browser
This tutorial describes the isPCR tool and demonstrates how to use it for predicting the size and location of PCR products and visualizing the genomic location on the genome. The tool operates on DNA templates for all organisms and DNA or RNA on human and mouse. It also demonstrates how to use the Browser to obtain DNA sequences from the genome.
dbSNP data in the UCSC Genome Browser
This tutorial describes the dbSNP resources in the UCSC Genome Browser, including display conventions and the subdivision of the data into several useful subset tracks, especially the Common SNPs. There is also a discussion about changes to the genome assemblies from one version to another, and of two ways to navigate between different assemblies of the human genome in the Browser.
Using the UCSC Genome Browser Data Integrator
This tutorial demonstrates the Data Integrator, a tool that allows combination and intersection of data from up to five primary tables. In the example, data are extracted showing SNPs, genes and phenotypes from a genomic region.
Multi-Region trilogy part 3: View discontinuous regions in UCSC Browser
This tutorial shows how to obtain coordinates of genes, then input those coordinates into the Genome Browser for display. The regions do not have to be continuous in the genome.
Multi-Region trilogy part 1: Exon-only display in the UCSC Genome Browser
This tutorial demonstrates the Multi-Region exon-only display mode of the UCSC Genome Browser.
Multi-Region trilogy part 2: Viewing alternate haplotypes with the UCSC Genome Browser
This tutorial demonstrates viewing alternate haplotypes with the UCSC Genome Browser.
Genome Browser in the Cloud (GBiC) Introduction
(-) Genomics (22)
(-) Open science (1)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line801
|
__label__wiki
| 0.850524
| 0.850524
|
March 22, 2018 March 7, 2020 travsd
The Streets of San Francisco: The Passing of a Torch
March 22 is the birthday of Karl Malden (Mladen George Sekulovich, 1922-2009). Malden was a Serbian-Czech steelworker from Gary, Indiana who took classes at the Goodman in Chicago, then came to New York, where he got involved with the Group Theatre. He was in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (1947) and Maxwell Anderson’s Truckline Cafe (1946), the first starring role for the unknown Marlon Brando. He then went on to win an Oscar for his role in the 1951 movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire, had a huge pivotal role in On the Waterfront (1954), co-starred in Brando’s directing debut One-Eyed Jacks (1961), was in John Ford’s last western Cheyenne Autumn (1964), and played Omar Bradley (a big, memorable part) in the box office smash Patton (1970). Enormous acting chops and a stellar career under his belt, including much work I didn’t list just now.
But I didn’t know any of that as a kid when I saw him in his role as Lt. Mike Stone on The Streets of San Francisco (1972-77). Only in retrospect as an adult am I beginning to parse out a phenomenon that was taking place at that time. I think it was largely about nostalgia. There was a huge wave of stars who had first come on the scene in the 1950s who were now being placed at the centers of their own cop show vehicles: Peter Falk in Columbo, Angie Dickinson in Police Woman, Jack Lord in Hawaii 5-0, Dennis Weaver in McCloud, Rock Hudson in McMillan and Wife, Raymond Burr in Ironside, James Garner in The Rockford Files , Telly Savalas in Kojak, George Peppard in Banacek. All these names meant something to older people in the ’70s. They came with previous associations. But to kids they would forever by framed and defined by the tv show itself. There’s an irony there, because the tv show had patrially been created as a kind of basket to collect a million memories and associations which the audience had with the actors up until now. Only now do I see Karl Malden’s trench coat and fedora as a heavily freighted, symbolic costume. It evokes the era both Malden and his character came from much more than that of 1972 (not unlike the effect created by Gene Hackman’s hat as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection).
In retrospect there was something unique in a star of Malden’s distinction taking this cop role at this stage in his career. But one can see the appeal. He’d always been a character actor, an ensemble player, a second banana riding in the sidecar. This was a chance to be the star, the leading man. Playing a cop (car chases, foot chases, gun play) was also less usual for him, although not entirely out of character. He’d done plenty of action, although usually in westerns. And there’s something about San Francisco as a setting that he fits into nicely. A gritty ’70s cop show set in a town with a waterfront recalls On the Waterfront. The iconic shots of San Francisco can lead to a chain of associations. Hitchcock had shot all those Frisco landmarks in Vertigo; Malden had worked with Hitchcock in I Confess.
The other, probably the key element of the success of The Streets of San Francisco (especially) in retrospect is that one is watching the passing of a torch. Malden’s co-star on the show was a young Michael Douglas, in his first big, high profile role. Symbolism there, too, since he was the son of another ’50s star, Kirk Douglas. The show was all about a mentorship, of the older SFPD 20 year veteran, teaching practical knowledge to this young college kid, representing a new, very different generation, the Baby Boomers. Malden was Douglas’s acting mentor as well. (The relationship was not unlike the one between Robert Young and James Brolin on Marcus Welby, M.D.)
A torch was really being passed, as Douglas was to become one of the biggest Hollywood stars himself in the 1980s and ’90s, often in roles (e.g. Basic Instinct) that evoked the one he played in The Streets of San Francisco. Malden slowed down after the show went off the air. Notable movies he appeared in included Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and Meteor (both 1979) and his high profile American Express commercials. His last professional credit was in 2000. In 1979, Douglas produced and co-starred in The China Syndrome, a box office smash that earned ten times its costs. He was just getting started.
cop show
Previous Respect for Russ Meyer
Next Go, Lori Williams! Kill! Kill!
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line802
|
__label__cc
| 0.719287
| 0.280713
|
Keereeta Resort & Spa (Koh Chang) – My Review
Top 10 reasons to visit Thailand. Why I love Thailand!
How to get to Chiang Rai from Bangkok Easy
By ThaiRest in Chiang Rai, Transport
Chiang Rai is not a big city by Thai standards in the north of the country. At the same time, next to this city are unique attractions of Thailand, for the sake of which many tourists depart to this city from Bangkok. In order to get to Chiang Rai from Bangkok, you can use several modes of transport, each of which has advantages and disadvantages, and also differs in price. Below on the page you will find useful information about the methods that allow you to make the journey from Bangkok to Chiang Rai and back. You will also find out the current prices for transport between cities
CONTENTS OF ARTICLE ( links for quick navigation)
Flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai (from 580 THB)
How to get to Chiang Rai from Bangkok by train
Buses from Bangkok to Chiang Rai
How to get from Bangkok to Chiang Rai by car
Flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai (from 580 THB or 18 USD)
Unlike some other destinations for traveling in Thailand, in the case of Chiang Rai, an airplane is an excellent choice for covering a distance of almost 700 km. This is due to the fact that low-cost airlines have access to the Chiang Rai international airport, offering one-way flights from Bangkok Don Muang Airport for only 18 USD or 584 THB. You can check the actual tariffs for the dates you need by yourself using this direct link to the Bangkok – Chiang Rai direction.
You should also know that this is one of the rare cases when searching for airline tickets on the official websites of Thai airlines may be preferable. For example, I found a flight ticket for Thai Lion Air for 525 THB, while the cost of a ticket for the same flight in a Transportation in Asia service was 584 THB. But this rule does not always apply, so check both options. Also, Thai Air Asia and NOK Air airlines operate flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai.
Airfare is sometimes lower on the airline’s website.
When you purchase tickets in advance, you can get from Bangkok to Chiang Rai not only quickly – the flight takes about 1 hour 15 minutes – but also cheap: 500-600 THB for a one-way flight. Sometimes it’s cheaper than using a VIP bus, especially if you don’t have bulky luggage. Still, most low-cost airlines have a drawback: transporting a big suitcase by plane can lead to additional costs, which may be higher than the cost of the ticket.
If there are no cheap flight tickets left for the dates you choose to visit Chiang Rai, you can check the option of flying from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, where there are usually even more low-cost flights, for example, from Lion Air, which has established itself only with the best price flights, and the novelty and cleanliness of their aircraft. Read more about this in the article “How to get to Chiang Mai from Bangkok: methods and prices.”
You can find very cheap flight to Chian Rai with farang.12go.asia
I’ll note right away that it’s easy to get from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai by buses running between these cities, which run regularly once per hour or an hour and a half (depending on the time of day). For the price of such a 180-km trip, it will cost about $ 6 (185 baht) on an air-conditioned bus of the 1st class. Airplanes between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai do not fly. You can, of course, find flights at an unreasonable price with a change in Bangkok, but what’s the point :). International airport of Chiang Rai is located about 8 km from the city, and information about transport can be obtained in the article “Chiang Rai Airport: a detailed overview”.
There are no direct trains from the Thai capital to Chiang Rai due to the lack of railway lines laid there. Therefore, train lovers will be forced to choose one of two combined options of the “train + bus” type. The first option is to get from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, and from there already take the above mentioned buses to Chiang Mai. The train journey from Bangkok to Chiang Mai takes about 11 hours. It will take another 3-3.5 hours to find the right bus and get to Chiang Rai on it.
The second option takes a little less time: a train ride from Bangkok to Lampang (about 9 hours on the way), and then a bus transfer to Chiang Rai (about 2 hours on the way). As you can see, the options are not the fastest, but perhaps the cheapest of all, especially when choosing budget places in a train. It also makes sense to consider this option for those who do not want to make local flights and do not tolerate long bus trips: for many, spending the night in a lying position in a train compartment is much more pleasant. The return transfer from Chiang Rai to Bangkok using the train and bus is also possible – everything is similar, but in the opposite order.
Bus from Bangkok to Chiang Rai – good option for save money in night time
If you want to get to Chiang Rai from Bangkok by bus, you should remember that all the northern direction in the country is served by bus companies that operate flights from the North Bus Station in Bangkok (the overview and schedule can be found here). There are both morning and evening (night) buses, which are in transit from about 11 to 13 hours. The number of night buses is greater, but this is understandable: it not only saves tourists time (and working time for locals), but also saves on hotel accommodation, because you can also get some sleep in a bus chair, especially if you choose VIP bus.
Despite the availability of cheap second-class buses with fans instead of air conditioners in the cabin, this is not the most convenient option. It can be hot in such buses even at night, they make more stops, and there are few places for legs, especially if you are taller than average. Better to pay a little more and choose a first class bus with air conditioning at a price from 645 THB. And even better – a VIP bus with comfortable wide seats, rugs and included in the fare water and snacks. The cost of VIP buses is approximately 900-1100 THB, depending on the chosen bus company.
Bus from Bangkok to Chiang Rai (all night in a way)
You must remember that there are several bus terminals in Chiang Rai, and buses from Bangkok can arrive not only in the center, but also on the outskirts of the city. However, getting from one bus station to the second is not difficult and not expensive: there are regular songthaews (pickups, tuk-tuks) between the terminals, which cost 20 baht per person. In the article “Bus Stations in Chiang Rai: Overview and Bus Schedules” you can get more specific information, including about buses that allow you to get from Chiang Rai to Bangkok.
Due to the sufficiently large distance between cities, using a taxi is neither economically nor temporally rational: the costs are much higher than using buses and even airplanes, and it takes a lot of time to travel. Therefore, the use of a car in order to get to Chiang Rai from Bangkok, rather means renting this type of transport to visit not only Chiang Rai and the surrounding area, but also other cities of Northern Thailand and settlements and interesting places located along the way from Bangkok to it.
Night VIP bus to Chian Rai from Bangkok – yoг can sleep well in your way
The optimal route for such an independent trip will help to lay a navigator that today is in almost every smartphone, or the Google Maps service. And to rent a car at the best price, EconomyBookings will always help, which compares the cost of similar cars in the best rental offices, thereby allowing you to save a lot on travel, especially if the car is taken for several days.
Also, the choice of large rental offices that are presented in the EconomyBookings service is convenient because you do not have to return the rented car at the same city, where the rental was made. This allows, if there is such a desire, to return the car in Chiang Rai or Chiang Mai, even if you started a rental in Bangkok. In the same way, you can rent a car in northern Thailand and return it to your car rental office in Bangkok after your trip.
I remind you that the article was discuss the ways to get to Chiang Rai from Bangkok and back. Information about the ways to get to Chiang Rai from other cities in Thailand will be posted a little later on a separate page.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line806
|
__label__wiki
| 0.818542
| 0.818542
|
Manchester United boss gives the latest injury updates of Rashford and Lindelof
By sai
Manchester United came under fire for their inability to provide a good start to the ongoing Premier League campaign. However, they defied all the odds and secured 3 points wherever possible this season. The Red Devils are ranked 4th in the points table with 27 points.
They are just 5 points below their Merseyside rivals, Liverpool, with a game in hand. Liverpool has by far dominated the points table with 32 points (9 wins, 5 draws, 1 defeat). Meanwhile, Man United won 8 games, played out three draws, and lost 3 games in their campaign.
Man United locked horns with Leicester City at King Power Stadium on Boxing Day. Both teams had a fair share of moments during the game. The Red Devils and the Foxes went toe-to-toe in an attempt to seal the match. In the end, both teams settled for a pulsating 2-2 draw.
Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes scored a goal each for the Red Devils. Harvey Barnes opened up the scoring for Leicester City. Jamie Vardy’s shot went on to hit Man United defender Axel’s legs in the 85th minute.
The ball quickly beat David de Gea all ends up and was deemed an own goal. Leicester City stole a point in the fag end of the match. Overall, it was an absolute peach of a contest.
Both teams deservedly earned a point apiece. The Foxes are one point above Manchester United. They are third in the points table with 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Manchester United boss provides latest update
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opened up on the latest injury updates of Marcus Rashford and Victor Lindelof. The manager spoke about these two players after their 2-2 draw against Leicester City.
Man United’s boss confessed there are concerns over the duo after the team’s draw with Leicester on Boxing Day. The manager provided the latest insights on their current injury statuses with Wolves arriving at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.
“Yeah, Marcus felt his shoulder a bit. The lad tugged his arm, which he felt. Hopefully, he won’t be too bad, he made a full sprint after, so hopefully, he can recover quickly,” the boss said at the post-match presentation.
Meanwhile, there were more worries over Lindelof. The defender seems to have picked up a back problem that stopped him on the field at Old Trafford. “It is his back again I think. So we will just have to assess that one before Wolverhampton,” the Norwegian told the club’s official website.
The Red Devils take on Man City
Ole’s team will play the next two Premier League games at home. They will take on Wolves and Aston Villa on December 30 and January 2 respectively. Wolves played out a draw in their most recent fixture against Tottenham Hotspur. The Red Devils will cross swords with Manchester City in the mouth-watering semi-final contest on January 7 at Old Trafford.
The defending champions (Carabao Cup) will be looking forward to a great battle this time around. Both teams played out a boring 0-0 draw when they last met each other at Old Trafford in PL fixture.
Previous articleChelsea boss Lampard sends Werner a message after his display against Arsenal
Next articleBrighton vs Arsenal: Preview, Team-News, Line-up, and Prediction
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line807
|
__label__wiki
| 0.697521
| 0.697521
|
Ep 738 | 12.5.18
DDoS and BEC risks rising. Ukraine says it stopped Russian cyber campaign. EU looks to stopping disinformation. NRCC email compromise. Facebook emails released by Parliament.
Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] CoAP-based DDoS attacks are on the rise. A Nigerian gang has done some industrial-scale work on business email compromise. Ukraine says it stopped a major Russian cyberattack. The EU looks toward its May elections and determines to do something about disinformation. The U.S. National Republican Congressional Committee sustains an email compromise. Attribution of a phishing expedition to Cozy Bear grows dubious, and Westminster doxes Facebook.
Dave Bittner: [00:00:38] Now, I'd like to share some words about our sponsor, Cylance. AI stands for artificial intelligence, of course. But nowadays, it also means all image or anthropomorphized incredibly. There's a serious reality under the hype, but it can be difficult to see through to it. As the experts at Cylance will tell you, AI isn't a self-aware Skynet ready to send in the terminators. It's a tool that trains on data to develop useful algorithms. And like all tools, it can be used for good or evil. If you'd like to learn more about how AI is being weaponized and what you can do about it, visit threatvector.cylance.com and check out their report "Security: Using AI for Evil." That's threatvector.cylance.com. We're happy to say that their products protect our systems here at the CyberWire, and we thank Cylance for sponsoring our show.
Dave Bittner: [00:01:35] Major funding for the CyberWire podcast is provided by Cylance. From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
Dave Bittner: [00:01:46] There's an emerging distributed denial of service risk reported. RFC 7252, the lightweight IoT protocol - also known as CoAP, the constrained application protocol - is being exploited in the wild. Some of the DDoS incidents are coming in as high as 32 gigabits per second, researchers tells ZDNet. CoAP is relatively new, introduced only in 2014. And it's designed to serve in the memory and computation resource-poor world of IoT devices. It's also vulnerable to packet amplification and IP spoofing. While CoAP's designers added security features to mitigate those risks, implementing those features bulks up the protocol significantly, reducing its attractiveness to IoT users. Expect more DDoS attacks to abuse CoAP devices.
Dave Bittner: [00:02:40] There's been a rise in business email compromise attacks being carried out by a Nigerian gang security firm Agari calls London Blue. London Blue, which is thought to have cells in both the U.K. and the U.S., has done its homework and compiled a list of some 50,000 executives whose emails they're spoofing to induce the unwary to wire company funds to accounts the criminals control. London Blue's research is both detailed and large-scale. Businesses should emphasize to their employees the policies they have in place for stopping business email compromise, like reminding everyone that no executive will ever direct them by email to transfer funds. And if your business doesn't have that kind of policy and training in place, for heaven's sake, get to work on them soon.
Dave Bittner: [00:03:29] Governments around the world are recognizing the ongoing need to train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. CyberWire U.K. correspondent Carole Theriault did some digging to see what kind of efforts are taking place on her side of the pond.
Carole Theriault: [00:03:44] So there's this weird Catch-22 out there when it comes to working in cybersecurity. On one side, we're seeing a huge growth in people interested in working in the field, and no surprise. I mean, think about it. Despite us being in the nascent days of digital connectivity, we've already seen frightening attacks on systems, data and privacy. I mean, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this industry is a hot one. And it's going to be for some time to come. But still, the cyber industry says it's desperate and can't find the right talent. And governments are worried, too, pouring in money into cyber. The U.S. president budget includes 15 billion for cyber-related activities for next year. That's up 4 percent over this year. And the U.K. government is pouring 1.9 billion in to help tomorrow's cyber workforce.
Carole Theriault: [00:04:35] Now, the SANS Institute, a U.K.-based IT security training company, has been selected to provide the government-backed Cyber Discovery program. That's a 20 million pound, or roughly $25 million, effort designed to teach students about things like cryptography, digital forensics and web attacks. I got a chance to speak with James Lyne from the SANS Institute to find out more about the program.
Carole Theriault: [00:05:02] Thank you for coming to the CyberWire, James. I know you're a busy man, so thanks for making the time.
James Lyne: [00:05:07] Absolute pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me.
Carole Theriault: [00:05:09] Now, tell me, why is the U.K. government worried about the future of cybersecurity?
James Lyne: [00:05:14] You know, security is kind of rapidly becoming a supporting pillar of pretty much everything we do in our lives, right? Anywhere we're using technology - in our homes, in the workplace - security is really a key concern. And most nations across the planet have also recognized that there's a distinct shortage of people with the right skills to help keep us safe. So this is an initiative to identify and expand that next generation of security practitioners that'll help us secure everything from internet of things devices to future banking or even military.
Carole Theriault: [00:05:48] But I keep hearing from graduates saying, look, I've gone to school; I studied IT security at college or university, and I'm not getting into the industry; no one wants to hire me. Where's the disconnect here?
James Lyne: [00:06:00] Starting kind of at the top end of the funnel there, people that have maybe done some study, have some existing skills - there's a real challenge when lots of industry organizations are looking for people with five years experience, with proven skills as practitioners. And in many cases, people coming out of traditional academic study roots don't have that kind of level of experience required to get into those roles. So there's a shortage of internships or apprenticeships to make people be able to pivot. Even with that group of people that are trying to make it through to those roles, there's still kind of a collapsing of cybersecurity down to a single profession. It's seen as this one thing when there's a huge plethora of different types of roles which need lots of people with diverse skills, different interests, which often doesn't get reflected in the recruitment processes of many organizations.
Carole Theriault: [00:06:51] So how is SANS stepping up to kind of bridge this gap?
James Lyne: [00:06:55] Yeah, it is a fascinating experiment that started kind of four or five years ago. I remember sitting in a local cafe writing some of the first lines of code for this. And thankfully it's been taken over by far more competent developers now than me.
Carole Theriault: [00:07:08] (Laughter).
James Lyne: [00:07:09] So we took each of the major disciplines - forensics, kind of binary exploitation, reverse engineering, penetration testing - and worked backwards abductively to the skills and problem-solving that you would need to be effective. And then we wrapped it in a game with narrative where people go and work for the cyber protection agency - leveling up their skills, solving these kind of fun challenges. So this program at the moment is for people in the U.K....
Carole Theriault: [00:07:35] OK.
James Lyne: [00:07:36] ...For 14- to 18-year-olds although there's also the ability to be a club leader. So if you're teacher, maybe a parent, or you want to be a volunteer, you can lead a set of young adults through the challenges in a club and help inspire them with that passion. That's much needed for this next generation of security practitioners. That being said, we are looking at running programs elsewhere. We'll be expanding over the next couple of years to other countries. We're looking for opportunities to do that. And based on how the inaugural year of cyber discovery has gone so far, we can see it's going to make a huge difference for the level of talent that's out there.
Carole Theriault: [00:08:18] My fingers and toes are crossed. If you or someone you know are between the ages of 14 and 18, based in the U.K. and want to learn more about this SANS free cyber training program check out, join cyberdiscovery.com. James, thanks so much for joining us today. This was Carol Theriault for the CyberWire.
Dave Bittner: [00:08:41] Ukraine's SBU security service says it detected and stopped a massive Russian attempt to compromise judicial targets. The attack vectors were malicious accounting documents distributed as attachments to phishing emails. The SBU says they traced the malware's command and control infrastructure to Russian IP addresses. The SBU speculates that the campaign's intention was both espionage and the disruption of judicial services. The report comes at a time of heightened tension in Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine - most recently Russia's engagement with and capture of Ukrainian naval vessels in the formerly binational but now disputed Sea of Azov. It's perhaps noteworthy that NotPetya, which started its worldwide romp in Ukraine, was spread through compromised accounting software widely used for tax preparation in that country.
Dave Bittner: [00:09:36] The EU continues to push Big Tech on election security, especially as elections for the European Parliament scheduled for May approach. Their principal concern is disinformation, and the announcement of the EU's action plan explicitly names Russia as the principal concern now and going forward. The announcement outlines four areas in which the union intends to take action. First, they commit themselves to improved detection with strategic communication task forces and the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell taking the lead. The responsible agency, the European External Action Service, will see its strategic communication budget double with a view to more effectively addressing disinformation.
Dave Bittner: [00:10:19] Second, the EU will establish a dedicated rapid alert system to facilitate data and assessment sharing. Rapid alerts are expected to serve the goal of coordinated response. Third - and this one will be of most significance to industry - the EU will effectively implement the commitments made under the code of practice. These involve first a requirement of transparency and authenticity. Bots and people who are not what they claim to be are to be expelled from the platforms they use. And second, there will be an expanded rumor control effort that will draw upon fact-checkers and academic researchers who will monitor the internet for disinformation and post responses in a more visible way. Finally, there will be a coordinated effort to promote media literacy among EU citizens.
Dave Bittner: [00:11:09] In the U.S., as initially reported by Politico, The National Republican Congressional Committee, the NRCC, reports that emails of four senior staffers were compromised. The NRCC was responsible for coordinating the recently concluded midterm campaigns. They discovered the compromise in April. And security firm CrowdStrike, already on retainer to the NRCC, conducted the internal investigation. The case has now been referred to the FBI who is investigating. There's no attribution yet, nor has stolen data surfaced anywhere so far. As Wired reports, the breach while serious was more limited than those the Democratic National Committee sustained during the 2016 election cycle. There seems to have been no malware installed in NRCC systems, and the attack seems to have been accomplished by using compromised credentials to gain access to emails in a cloud service.
Dave Bittner: [00:12:03] The responsible party is widely assumed to be Russia. And this is being taken as an instance of what Defense Secretary Mattis last week called Moscow's ongoing efforts to muck with U.S. elections. It's important to note that such attribution at this stage rests - publicly at any rate - on a priority plausibility. While elections receive the most media attention - practically the lion's share - the Center for Strategic and International Studies warns of Russian influence operations aimed at undermining trust in the U.S. judicial system. The think tank has an ongoing project monitoring such activities, and they report that here, as elsewhere, the adversary's goal is to weaken civil society and trust in institutions. This objective can be expected to be pursued opportunistically without any particular ideological commitment or consistency.
Dave Bittner: [00:12:57] For all the stick Moscow is receiving in the west this week, it's worth noting that not all the news today necessarily reflects badly on the Russian government. The recent phishing campaign against the U.S. State Department and various think tanks that FireEye and CrowdStrike tentatively attributed in mid-November to APT29. That's Cozy Bear. A unit of Russia's SVU or FSB now looks less clearly the work of the Russian operators. Research by Microsoft, whose office suite was the conduit for the phishing and which is in a position to have access to considerable data concerning the incidents, concludes there's not enough evidence to warrant that conclusion.
Dave Bittner: [00:13:37] Redmond tracks a threat group YTTRIUM, whose activities overlap those of APT29. And the verdict on YTTRIUM and so on APT29 should now probably be - well, not quite not guilty but probably not proved. And finally, as hoped or feared depending on one's preferences or allegiances.
Dave Bittner: [00:13:58] Westminster has released the internal Facebook emails the U.K.'s parliament strong-armed out of a third-party litigant. The high-level emails outline various ways Facebook considered monetizing users' data. Motherboard and other outlets consider the emails damaging to Facebook. But they do seem to show, mostly, that Facebook actively considered the revenue opportunities that might be found in their users' information. But at this point, few will be surprised that the itch to monetize data is the temptation of the 21st century.
Dave Bittner: [00:14:35] Now a moment to tell you about our sponsor ObserveIT. It's 2018. Traditional data-loss prevention tools aren't cutting it anymore. They're too difficult to deploy, too time consuming to maintain and too heavy on the endpoint. They are high maintenance and require endless fine-tuning. It's time to take a more modern approach. With ObserveIT, you can detect insider threats, investigate incidents quickly and prevent data loss. With its lightweight agent and out-of-the-box insider threat library, ObserveIT is quick to deploy and far more effective at stopping data from leaving your organization. That's because ObserveIT focuses on user behavior. It's built to detect and respond to insider threats. And it's extremely difficult even for the most technical users to bypass. Bring your data-loss prevention strategy into the modern era with ObserveIT. Learn more at observeit.com/cyberwire. That's observeit.com/cyberwire. And we thank ObserveIT for sponsoring our show.
Dave Bittner: [00:15:44] And joining me once again is Joe Carrigan. He's from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute. He's also my co-host on the "Hacking Humans" podcast. Joe, great to have you back.
Joe Carrigan: [00:15:53] Hi, Dave.
Dave Bittner: [00:15:54] So today I wanted you to explain to me all about the National Centers of Academic Excellence. What's going on with this organization?
Joe Carrigan: [00:16:03] So this is not really an organization. But it's kind of a program run by two organizations in the government - the National Security Administration, the NSA, and the Department of Homeland Security. And they jointly sponsored the CAE project. And what this is - it's a way of recognizing schools who have good cybersecurity programs. And Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute is a CAE Center of Excellence.
Dave Bittner: [00:16:28] OK.
Joe Carrigan: [00:16:28] The way this works is you have to apply to the program and have your curriculum evaluated, your facilities evaluated. And the community is very involved in this. In fact, I'm involved in the application review process. And it's a great way to make sure that number one - as an academic institution, you're training people in what is necessary for cybersecurity...
Dave Bittner: [00:16:51] Right.
Joe Carrigan: [00:16:51] ...Because we use these tools for evaluation that map directly to the NICE framework. Now, I talked previously here about going to the NICE Conference. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education has a conference every year. And they also produce the NICE framework, which tells you, you know, the job roles and the things those people need to fill. It's a great resource from the National Institute of Standards and Technology on how cybersecurity organizations should be laid out...
Joe Carrigan: [00:17:22] ...Depending on what you need to protect.
Joe Carrigan: [00:17:24] Right? So this Centers for Academic Excellence process maps directly to that so that you know that you're meeting the needs that are out there in the marketplace right now.
Dave Bittner: [00:17:34] So what's in it for the academic institution other than this sort of vetting? Are there any other - does it give you access to anything? Can you - is it - does it make it easier for you to place students in some of these government institutions? How does it work?
Joe Carrigan: [00:17:48] It does make it easier to place students in government institutions.
Dave Bittner: [00:17:50] Yeah.
Joe Carrigan: [00:17:51] Absolutely. I know that there's a number of institutions. I know that Capitol Technology University has a great relationship with the NSA. And they're also a Center of Academic Excellence. You're denoting yourself as someone who's meeting current needs and that your students are going to have a much better opportunity for employment when they get out.
Dave Bittner: [00:18:09] So it's something - if I'm a student shopping around for where I might want to study cybersecurity...
Joe Carrigan: [00:18:15] Right. So if you see that the college you're applying to is designated as a CAE institution, then I would consider that more than one that wasn't - not to say that if it doesn't, it's a bad program. That's not what I'm saying.
Joe Carrigan: [00:18:27] What I'm saying is that the program that is a CAE designation is meeting certain criteria for current requirements.
Dave Bittner: [00:18:36] Now, is this just four-year universities? Can community colleges...
Joe Carrigan: [00:18:39] Nope.
Dave Bittner: [00:18:39] ...Take part in this as well?
Dave Bittner: [00:18:40] At community college, there's a two-year designation. There's a four-year designation, and then there's a research designation as well. So it can also be applied to master's programs like ours at the Information Security Institute...
Joe Carrigan: [00:18:50] ...And Ph.D. programs as well.
Dave Bittner: [00:18:52] All right. All right. Well, thanks for the update there. Joe Carrigan, thanks for joining us.
Joe Carrigan: [00:18:56] My pleasure, Dave.
Dave Bittner: [00:19:02] And that's the CyberWire. Thanks to all of our sponsors for making the CyberWire possible, especially to our sustaining sponsor Cylance. To find out how Cylance can help protect you using artificial intelligence, visit cylance.com. And Cylance is not just a sponsor. We actually use their products to help protect our systems here at the CyberWire. And thanks to our supporting sponsor VMware, creators of Workspace ONE Intelligence. Learn more at vmware.com. The CyberWire podcast is proudly produced in Maryland out of the startup studios of DataTribe, where they're co-building the next generation of cybersecurity teams and technology. Our CyberWire editor is John Petrik, social media editor Jennifer Eiben, technical editor Chris Russell, executive editor Peter Kilpe. And I'm Dave Bittner. Thanks for listening.
Cylance is revolutionizing cybersecurity with products and services that proactively prevent, rather than reactively detect the execution of advanced persistent threats and malware. Learn more at cylance.com.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line813
|
__label__wiki
| 0.822674
| 0.822674
|
Groundbreaking film ‘Claire’ celebrates a radical fairy-tale
When Milford “Milt” Thomas decided to make a film about two men, partners, who find a girl from the moon on their farm and quickly embrace her as their own, he had no idea the film would become known as “gently militant.”
“’Claire‘ was chosen to screen in Brussels just before same sex marriage went to vote in Belgium. The government official sponsoring the bill spoke before the screening. Apparently the film is a non-threatening pro-gay marriage and adoption statement in its depiction of a very non-traditional fairy-tale family with its male couple and a girl from the moon,” Thomas said.
“I’m thrilled how it’s been embraced as such a positive statement. Someone in Italy said that it was ‘gently militant.’ This wasn’t premeditated. I was just making something from the heart,” he added.
10th anniversary screening of ‘Claire’
8-10 p.m.
1280 Peachtree St. NE
www.clairesilentmovie.com
The film screens at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Woodruff Arts Center in honor of its 10th anniversary and is presented by Out on Film.
Members of the local chapter of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be ushering. To buy tickets, click here.
Set in the rural 1920s South and filmed at Short Mountain in Tennessee, the home for many Radical Faeries, as well as in Atlanta, Georgia, North and South Carolina, the film depicts an older male couple who adopt the moon girl. The men are portrayed by Short Mountain Radical Faeries Mish P. DeLight and Jim Ferguson. Mish P. DeLight is also a charter member of the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The girl from the moon is played by Toniet Gallego, a member of Atlanta’s popular Blast Off Burlesque troupe.
Thomas also filmed “Claire” using an antique hand-cranked 35mm camera to ensure authenticity when making a silent, black and white film.
“I’m a silent film nerd and think it’s a shame that this potentially beautiful form of storytelling is almost completely discarded because it doesn’t fit in with the current commercial technology,” Thomas said. “They be so universally appealing to an audience because the individual can easily inject their own subjective experiences a lot of the time. And the viewer can go deeper with a silent film than a ‘talkie’ because you have to focus on the screen or you’ll miss something!”
Accompanying the silent film when it screened years ago was the Orchestra de Lune under the direction of Anne Richardson. Richardson is traveling from Washington, D.C., to conduct her original score for the Orchestra de Lune and “Claire” for the 10th anniversary screening.
“The live music has a more powerfully intimate affect on the individual. You appreciate its organic -ness. It’s always a treat to have good live music emanating in front if you — and Anne’s is very good,” Thomas said of his decision to have a live orchestra during the silent film’s screenings.
“So how the mind reacts to the music coupled with the images in front of you on the screen can often be a powerful experience.”
Check out this video about the film:
clairejim farmerout on filmwoodruff arts center
Mayor Reed: ‘Occupy’ arrests made for public safety
Education and empowerment for LGBT families
Out On Film Announces 2018 Festival Line-Up
Step off from Piedmont Park
Out On Film announces LGBT athlete doc, Natasha Lyonne comedy
Jewish Film Festival includes LGBT flicks
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line817
|
__label__cc
| 0.675376
| 0.324624
|
Usability Engineering in Japan
Masaaki Kurosu
First Era of Human Factors in Japan
After World War II and especially during the Korean War, human factors and ergonomics emerged rapidly in Japan. This was also the time when industrial design grew rapidly and the first stage of usability engineering activity started.
Human factors and ergonomics, at least at that time, focused on the physical and physiological characteristics of human beings. Many research projects collected characteristics of the human body in both static and dynamic conditions, as well as sensory and physiological measures such as visual acuity, visual sensitivity, and fatigue.
The goal of such activities was to fit hardware—automobiles, clothing, and furniture—to the physical characteristics of human beings. Although usability laboratories were used for experiments, they were not necessarily called “usability”—the concept and the name had not yet emerged.
Second Era: Cognitive Engineering
In the 1980s, PCs and word processors became popular in offices and homes, and computerized interactive systems appeared in the retail market for the first time. But people started to complain that the systems were too difficult to use. At first, the problem was thought to be poor-quality documentation, so technical communicators were brought in to improve the situation. However, companies began to realize that users tended to start using the product before reading the manuals. So it became evident that the solution lay in improving the devices and systems themselves.
In 1990, Donald Norman’s The Psychology of Everyday Things was translated and published in Japan. This publication showed people the importance of ease of understanding. Many cognitive psychologists were invited to the project teams. Concepts such as metaphor, affordance, and the magical number seven (plus or minus two) became very popular among designers and engineers.
Third Era: Evaluation Centered Approach
After the publication of Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen in the late1990s, heuristic evaluations began to be widely used. However, this approach faced many difficulties, including the negative attitudes of engineers and designers, as well as managers. Engineers and designers sometimes felt insulted when they saw the lists of problems. Technology-minded people tended to think the proper logic of operation should be the only goal they should pursue. They didn’t understand the significance and importance of usability. Managers were also negative because usability efforts were not seen as increasing sales. Unfortunately, this was true at that time, because users purchased products based just on functionality, performance, cost, and aesthetics.
In Japan, small digital devices such as the cellphone are quite popular. However, users do not use it for calling but for email communication, web browsing, checking the train timetable, playing games, etc.
In Japan, the Internet became popular around 1995. Many people started to browse the Web and even create their own websites. When industry realized the importance of the Web for providing product information and for selling products, they then also understood that web usability was directly linked with the effectiveness of the site. Around 2000, web designers started to emphasize the usability of websites. More than twenty usability books were published in Japanese, and, owing to this movement, the concept of usability began to be properly understood.
Impact of International Standards
ISO 13407, Human-centered design processes for interactive systems, was standardized in 1999 and, in 2000, translated into Japanese and published as JIS Z-8530. It was very influential in Japan. Japanese industry was making strong efforts to meet ISO 9000 standards, and they were quite sensitive about the possibility that they might be shut out of the international market if they didn’t meet ISO 13407 standards as well. Even managers who had been negative about usability had to change their attitudes and seriously consider it.
One result of the interest in ISO 13407 was the establishment of many industrial usability laboratories. A usability lab was a symbol that a company valued the usability of its products.
In addition to labs, usability departments were founded and usability professionals were hired for full-time positions. In Japan, independent usability consultants are rare, maybe because the industry worries about confidentiality. In some cases, the usability department reported directly to the CEO and was charged with maintaining the quality of use of all company products. Japan has a tradition of strong quality control, so the usability activity was regarded as just another method for reinforcing the quality of the product.
Usability as Process Rather Than Product
Followers of ISO 13407 did not aim to certify each product, but instead emphasized the design process as a whole. The standard told stakeholders that generating the right product concept was strongly related to the usability and market value of the products. This changed the mindset of stakeholders who had regarded the usability evaluation as the end-point. Instead, they started to understand the importance of being involved early in the design process, and they gradually began to use field work to get context-of-use information, rather than depending on the questionnaire and focus-group approaches adopted from market research.
ISO 13407 adopted the definition of usability proposed in ISO 9241-11: “The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve the specified goal with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use,” in which effectiveness is defined as “accuracy and completeness with which users achieve specified goals”; efficiency as “resources expended in relation tothe accuracy and completeness with which users achieve goals”; and satisfaction as “freedom from discomfort, and positive attitudes to the use of the product.”
This definition of usability is quite different from the one proposed by Jakob Nielsen, in which usability is defined as removing deficiencies and utility is defined as promoting functionality and performance. Today, the ISO 9241-11 definition is seen as the standard definition of usability in Japan; it is sometimes called “big usability,” as compared to Nielsen’s definition, which is called “small usability.”
Current Era of Usability
The situation of usability activity in Japan has improved, but there is much to be done to widen that activity. In 1999, even when evaluation was the central activity of usability engineering, less than 10 percent of all products were evaluated for usability and the rest were released into the market without any evaluation. Even today, it is typical to find only five usability professionals working in a company of 70,000 employees.
However, usability professionals have adopted the strategy of focusing their energies on just a few products, making them as usable as possible, and then using these “ideal” products to promote usability within their companies. As a result, some CEOs and managers have begun to use the term “usability” in their own presentations.
Users and Consumer Organizations
One of the reasons that it has been difficult to make the case for usability in Japan is that, generally speaking, users in Japan have an “intrapunitive” tendency. In other words, they rarely express their negative feelings to retailers or manufacturers, even when products they purchased were difficult to use or useless. They will ask for replacements or refunds if a product is unreliable or unsafe, but they seem not to consider a usable product as their right.
Two major consumer organizations, Japan Consumers’ Association and the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, check newly released products and report the test results on their websites and in periodicals. However, their checklists lack usability-engineering viewpoints. Thus, it could be said that consumers in Japan are not provided with adequate usability information.
On the other hand, the concept of universal design is more widely known than usability in Japan. Historically, universal design in Japan focuses on the care of disabled and senior members of society. In other words, it is seen as a treatment for the weak and can be regarded as a social-justice and moral issue. Hence, many companies, including manufacturing, railways, banks, and local governments, have started to adopt universal design strategies.
What is needed now is to widen the scope of universal design to those from different cultures, those speaking different languages, to both genders, to every generation, and to those having different lifestyles.
Future of Usability in Japan
For the future, we will have to reconsider what usability means, to expand the scope from products and systems to services, and to create a nationwide strategy for enhancing usability activity.
Until recently, the only professional organization for usability in Japan was the Usability SIG of the Human Interface Society. Human Interface Society, an academic organization, was organized in 1999 and has more than 1,300 members today in the fields of engineering, design human factors, psychology, and usability. More than 170 Japanese members are registered in the SIG and have been devoted to exchanging information, sharing experiences, and addressing new ideas at meetings held three to four times a year.
But the SIG is limited in that it is just an academic organization. A new nationwide strategic plan was needed. After six months of preparation, the non-profit organization Human Centered Design Network (HCD-Net) began in April 2005. HCD-Net now has five sub-groups or departments and an international advisory board (IAB) that includes notable usability professionals from many countries who give us their advice.
Since its start, HCD-Net (www.hcdnet.org/en/)
Organized several tutorials and workshops
Participated in the UPA World Usability Day
Discussed usability issues with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Participated in Embedded Technology 2005 (ET2005), collaborating with engineers
HCD-Net is planning even more activities in 2006. We hope that this kind of strategic activity will help usability engineering to be more widely recognized in Japan, and lead to products and services with high levels of usability.
Topics: Global UX
Published in: June, 2006 in Around the Pacific Rim
Kurosu, M. (2006). Usability Engineering in Japan. User Experience Magazine, 5(2).
Retrieved from https://uxpamagazine.org/usability_engineering_japan/
Masaaki Kurosu is a professor of the Open University of Japan, with a background in cognitive science and human-computer interaction. He is also a president of HCD-Net. Based on his career as a usability professional, he proposed a concept of user engineering and is now proposing an ADA and a new concept of UX and X.
Global UX
Published June, 2006 in Around the Pacific Rim
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line824
|
__label__wiki
| 0.98947
| 0.98947
|
Variety Read Next: Uday Shankar Forms Venture With James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems
New York Incentives Keep Productions Made in Manhattan
Big Apple incentives juice production
When Johnny Carson moved “The Tonight Show” from Manhattan to Los Angeles in 1972, with the state’s then-first lady Nancy Reagan among his early guests, it wasn’t as much a blow to jobs as it was to pride: For years afterward, whenever New York got mentioned in latenight, it usually was about crime and grit.
Two generations later, NBC’s decision to move the “Tonight Show” to New York after naming Gotham-based Jimmy Fallon as host in 2014 doesn’t spell Hollywood’s impending doom, but it’s hard not to view it as anything other than a slap in the face. That’s why “Tonight’s” impending move seems to underscore the extent to which New York has captured the production momentum in the bi-coastal rivalry. For years, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has expressed a desire to entice Tonight back to Manhattan; by contrast, when word leaked that such a move was happening, local L.A. officials were caught by surprise.
SEE MORE: The Gotham 50
There may have not been anything that L.A. could have done, but it will only highlight the Empire State’s ability to offer a sweeter pot of incentives that California struggles to match. It’s a reminder that Southern California, with its concentration of talent and terrific weather, is no longer such a sure thing as a locale, as TV dramas and major feature films have been drifting away from L.A. for a decade or more.
“With the incentives, and with the fact that everyone is so easy to work with, it almost makes shooting in California a really distant choice,” says Martin Shafer, the Castle Rock exec whose latest pic, an untitled Hugh Grant romantic comedy from Marc Lawrence, is shooting in locations both in New York City and in the state.
SEE MORE: Katherine Oliver Puts Filmmakers First with Incentives, Citywide Initiatives
While Manhattan is not the new Hollywood — according to FilmLA, which issues permits in the region, there was a 37.3% gain in TV pilots during the 2013 first quarter, a major rebound in that category — the trend in recent years has seen production in Los Angeles draw a healthy dose of sitcoms and reality shows, while drama series production has fallen off. On the feature side, there is ample production of low-budget indie features, but only one big budget tentpole, the sequel to “Captain America,” is being shot locally.
“Los Angeles is sort of the last resort now when it comes to feature films, even though actors and producers want to stay in L.A.,” says Steve Dayan, business agent for Teamsters Local 399 and vice chairman of the California Film Commission.
California launched its first-of-its-kind production tax credit in 2009, but it is far smaller than those of rival states with a maximum of 25% of the budget. With only $100 million in credits available annually, demand far exceeds supply with recipients selected through a lottery in June. What’s more, feature films with budgets over $75 million aren’t eligible, making Argo the highest-budget film to qualify.
SEE MORE: Mayor Bloomberg Keeps New York Humming with Thriving Showbiz Sector
The state has been able to persuade a few series to relocate to L.A. in exchange for the credit: ABC’s “Body of Proof” moved from Rhode Island, BBC America’s “Torchwood” from Wales and Comedy Central’s “Important Things With Demetri Martin” came from New York. “Body of Proof” producer Matthew Gross says the state’s incentive has helped in ABC’s renewal to second and third seasons. “Hopefully it will help us get season four and five,” he says. “We have the best crews. I don’t think there’s anything anyone could offer to get us to move.”
But the Empire State continues to outpace the Golden State when it comes to production incentives. New York’s film and post-production credits, recently extended and bolstered through 2019, includes a 30% tax credit on New York State expenses and a local post-production credit upped to 30%-35%. The city, meanwhile, ponies up a Made in NY marketing incentive as well as a slew of initiatives aimed at making Gotham a place filmmakers want to come back to. Among the programs is a vocational training program for production assistants and a new Brooklyn media center.
“New York simply outcompetes us,” says FilmLA president Paul Audley, who adds they are planning a push for expanded incentives next year.
The post-production savings is one of the big draws. “Post in New York is very attractive right now, especially because there are more and better post-production facilities in town than ever,” says Anne Carey, the indie producer of “Love,” “Marilyn” and “The American” who recently joined Gotham-based production company Archer Gray.
“Location decisions are driven by the availability of incentives,” says Amy Lemish, executive director of the California Film Commission. “Infrastructure and looks are important but it’s incentives first and foremost. It’s hard to draw a conclusion based on a quarter or two, but we’ve generally seen TV leave California in greater numbers over the last four or five years.”
SEE MORE: In Search of a Great ‘Gatsby’: Hollywood’s F. Scott Fitz and Starts
New York’s frenzy to drum up local film and TV production, both on the state and city level, was sparked in large part by 9/11, which emphasized the need to diversify the Gotham economy. It lured shows like “Ugly Betty” from L.A., and while it also managed to get “Fringe” to shoot in New York, that show eventually ended up in Vancouver.
That’s why, as much as New York has had success in drawing production, there is a certain wariness that it is also a “race to the bottom.” That’s the term that Bloomberg himself used at a press conference last year.
New York “won’t ever be as competitive as New Orleans or Atlanta,” says Kevin Turen of Treehouse Pictures, which produced Gotham-shot pics “Arbitrage” and “Are We Officially Dating?,” currently in the editing room. “If you have a limited budget and you have talent that’s incredibly expensive, you’d probably choose somewhere else.”
SEE MORE FROM NEW YORK CONTENT CAPITAL / THE GOTHAM 50
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line827
|
__label__cc
| 0.69372
| 0.30628
|
Dr. Kevin B. Calongne, DDS
Dr. Kevin Calongne is a native Houstonian who grew up in West Houston and attended Westchester High School, where he was a National Merit Commended Scholar and participated in football, track, and was President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He attended Louisiana State University, and was accepted into its prestigious dental school in 1987. In 1989, and again in 1990, he received the Deans Commendation for Exceptional National Dental Board Performance. Upon graduating from LSU School of Dentistry (LSUSD) in 1990, he practiced General Dentistry for four years before returning to LSUSD to complete postgraduate training in Periodontics. While in his post-graduate training he received a Billy Pennel Graduate Research Award for his study comparing various bone grafting and guided tissue regeneration techniques. This study was later published in The Journal of Periodontology; the most widely regarded periodontal publication. Dr. Calongne has practice Periodontics and Implants Dentistry since 1997. He has been utilizing the Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure (LANAP) since 2009, making him one of the most experienced periodontists in Houston with this innovative technique. Dr. Calongne has also been called upon to lecture to other dentists and periodontists on the subjects of periodontics and dental implants. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association, the Greater Houston Dental Society, the American Academy of Periodontology, and the Greater Houston Society of Periodontists, of which he is past Secretary. When not treating patients, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Tara, and his son, Cameron, in outdoor endeavors.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line828
|
__label__wiki
| 0.947116
| 0.947116
|
Kelly’s Plains Public to celebrate 150 years
News State NSW News Kelly’s Plains Public to celebrate 150 years
10:13pm, Oct 23, 2013 Updated: 2:21pm, Oct 24
Kelly's Plains Public School celebrates 150 years.
Preparations are well underway for the sesquicentenary of the Kelly’s Plains Public School this weekend.
The 150-year anniversary will be marked with a launch of a book of the school’s history, a play by current students following the story of the School’s principals, and bus tours of the district.
President of the Armidale and District Historical Society, Judy Grieve, whose five children attended the school, says the school has survived because it is unique.
“It’s pretty incredible that that school has remained as a school so close to Armidale, but at one stage it was a Demonstration School for the Armidale Teaching College,” she said.
“It was a one teacher school for many years, and it’s now a two teacher school, so it still is pretty special.”
An Armidale historian says children have benefited from the unique teaching environment of the Kelly’s Plain’s Public School for 150 years, and she hopes it continues for many years to come.
Judy Grieve says the school has nurtured many children.
“It’s like a big family, the bigger children and the smaller children are not isolated into age groups, they’re all just together,” she said.
“The big kids understand the needs of the little children and the parents are all inter-communicating, so it’s just got a wonderful atmosphere and I honestly believe it’s got huge benefits.”
Dudley/Redhead fire downgraded to ‘watch and act’
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line833
|
__label__cc
| 0.701685
| 0.298315
|
Arts & Culture, Education & Parenting
Tal Tsfany on Sophie, the Book
Craig Biddle April 04, 2018 Audio PDF In Summer 2018
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Tal Tsfany about his new book, Sophie. Tal is an entrepreneur, investor, businessman, and cofounder of the Ayn Rand Center Israel. He recently accepted the position of president and CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute, beginning at the end of June. This interview, however, is solely about his book, Sophie. Although the interview doesn’t contain any substantive spoilers, it does contain indications of a few scenes and of the natures and actions of some of the characters. If you’d rather not read such indications before reading the book, I recommend that you read Sophie before reading this interview. —CB
Craig Biddle: Tal, let me begin by thanking you for writing Sophie. What a wonderful and moving story! My wife, Sarah, and I just finished reading it—actually, she read it aloud to me. I’m spoiled that way. But when we got to the last few pages, we were unable to continue—because both of us were in tears. So we asked our daughter, Darcy, to read the final pages to us. She had already read the book and was able to maintain her composure.
Tal Tsfany: I’m so glad you enjoyed the book and were moved by it. This type of feedback is the kind of reward I was hoping for when I was writing Sophie.
Biddle: I have a lot of questions, but I’m going to try not to include or elicit any spoilers, as I don’t want to ruin anything for those who haven’t yet read Sophie. Let’s start at the beginning. How and when did you first conceive of this story?
Tsfany: It was during the year that I discovered Objectivism. That was a very powerful year for me. It felt like somebody was cleaning the windshield of the car I was driving—everything was becoming clearer. But I didn’t have outlets to share the discoveries because the people around me didn’t seem to be interested in the ideas as much as I was. I felt a need to share my learnings with my kids, who were too young to read Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead. So I thought it would be great to incorporate these ideas into some kids’ stories with a Howard Roark-type character and with conflicts and resolutions that kids could understand and enjoy.
My initial idea was that each story would illustrate or highlight a particular virtue. So I began writing short stories in this vein and reading them mainly to my two younger girls, Shiri and Yael. Ron, my eldest son, helped by illustrating the characters of Sophie and Leo, who were there from the very beginning. The name Sophie comes from “philosophy” or “philo-sophia”—meaning “love of wisdom.” And Leo is my debt to Leonard Peikoff as a great educator.
After a while, I had twelve or thirteen stories involving Sophie and Leo. And my kids and I had enjoyed reading and discussing them. But I soon realized that I could merge them into something bigger. So I decided to write the book.
That, of course, was easier said than done. It took almost a year and a half to define the storyline, and the characters became bigger and deeper as that developed, so I had to make them older. They went from eight or nine to fifteen, and then later back to thirteen. That’s where I found the balance. At that age they were old enough to have deep thoughts and interesting dialogues while still maintaining the innocence of first discoveries, like a first kiss.
As for the plot, that draws to some extent from my life and my history in Israel, which, in the story, I changed to Syria. Sophie runs away from Syria and comes to America, and her path to the discovery of American values is similar to mine. Some elements of the environment and dialogue are drawn from my childhood.
Biddle: So there is some autobiography in here?
Tsfany: Yes. I’ll tell you a story. When I was six years old, I started first grade in Israel, and that’s when you start studying the Bible. It’s mandatory. Every kid gets a Bible, and their mothers usually wrap it with something nice. My mother went the extra mile and made a book cover with my name embroidered on it.
I asked her, “Why do we even study the Bible? God doesn’t exist.” I didn’t share with her that a couple of months earlier I had concluded that God was a fairytale as he didn’t respond to my ultimatum to show himself or give me some proof for his existence. After failing to come up with real evidence, she tried the “trust me on this” argument that didn’t satisfy my young but principled mind.
Being a dedicated, honest educator, my mother realized she couldn’t offer any real explanations, and that made her cry.
Biddle: You were quite philosophical at an early age.
Tsfany: Yes, but it would be a long time before I discovered philosophy and the existence of the fully integrated philosophical framework of Objectivism. I regret not picking up Ayn Rand earlier, as her books were available when I was a teenager back in Israel.
Interestingly, I grew up in a kibbutz, an Israeli commune. A kibbutz is based on pure communism—I was not allowed to have my own property. But I remember seeing Ayn Rand’s books there. I saw them lying around on beds, and I saw people reading them. It is fascinating that people were reading Rand in a kibbutz. I think it was because most of them took ideas and philosophy seriously.
In regard to the philosophy that was taught in the kibbutz, however, Rand’s ideas were nowhere to be found. We were taught the ideas of Marx and Popper and others but nothing rational. None of it made sense to me, and I deemed philosophy to be useless. I later turned to the clearly sensible field of engineering as a career.
So, yes, a lot of Sophie’s soul is my soul in that I always searched for rational ideas to guide me in living my life. But whereas she has a clear and well-integrated view of the world and the purpose of life, I was still quite confused at her age. She’s a bit of what I was and a bit of what I wish I was as a kid.
Biddle: I certainly wish I had had her clarity of thought at age thirteen.
You’ve woven a great deal of philosophy into this story. It deals with every branch of the science—metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, even aesthetics. It also deals with various aspects of life and the kinds of relationships and conflicts that kids and teenagers face—from wanting things and needing money and figuring out how to earn it, to dealing with bullies and worse, to seeing the difference between good teachers and bad ones, to grasping the nature of trade and the importance of freedom, and so on. I don’t want to get specific, as I don’t want to spoil the book for those who haven’t read it. But it really does cover a huge amount of philosophical ground, and it does so by means of plot-driven action and dialogue. So my question is, in writing the book, did you say to yourself, in effect, I want to include these elements and concretize and integrate them in this way? Or did the events and connections develop more organically? How did all of this come together?
Tsfany: Well, as I mentioned, I started with a series of discrete stories, each of which involved some philosophical idea I wanted to manifest. And when I decided to merge these, I realized that I had to weave them into a plot. That was a real challenge. And some elements were hard to place. The bully chapter, for instance, was removed at one point because it wasn’t working where it was. But then I put it back in when I found the right place for it in the story. And I permanently omitted several other scenes because I felt they were just conveying philosophy without advancing the plot.
This was a constant question while writing and editing the book: Is this advancing the story, or is it merely delivering a message? I wanted to illustrate philosophical ideas, but only insofar as I could work them seamlessly into the story and integrate them with the nature of the characters.
Another example where I made a substantial change along these lines was in the scene where Sophie and Leo are sitting in the waiting room with the modern art. I initially had Sophie express her views on the “art,” but I decided to flip it because Leo is the artist, so it was more fitting for him to address that subject, showing us that he is learning from Sophie how to think critically.
Biddle: Given the extent of philosophy you convey in the book, I expect it will be criticized by some as didactic or as a morality tale. “Hey, you’re intentionally trying to teach here!” My response would be: Yes. So what? Show me a novel with a powerful story that doesn’t teach. Why do people write novels and tell stories? Aren’t they trying to get some kind of message across? Isn’t that part of the purpose?
Tsfany: I agree. During the first round of editing, the editor was trying to eliminate parts were I was “pushing an agenda.” And I rejected some edits, explaining that I’m not shying away from it. On the other hand, it was important for me to make the story interesting and carry itself without long speeches. Early drafts definitely had some of that. Although the finished book has a definite philosophical message, I think and hope it integrates well with the story.
Biddle: I think you pulled it off. My concern when I first heard about the book was that it’s hard to do this kind of thing well, and it’s easy for such an effort to become overly or inappropriately didactic. I didn’t know you or your writing at all, so when I heard that you were trying to convey Objectivist ideas in a tweens’ and teens’ novel, which makes it all the more difficult, I was skeptical. But the way you conveyed the ideas through the dialogue and the story really does work. Yes, its didactic, in that it’s intended to teach. But it’s not pushy didactic. It’s organically didactic. The ideas flow out of the story and the dialogue in a way that feels natural.
I see the theme of Sophie as the importance and benevolence of independence and integrity. Is that roughly how you see it?
Tsfany: That’s very close to the way I think about the book. I wanted to portray a heroic, virtuous young girl with a Howard Roark-type character. And I wanted her to be believable, someone kids could see as real and get attached to. I agree that the most important thing about her is her commitment to independent thinking. She learned a lot from her grandfather and from others, but she insists on making sense of the world for herself and through her own observations and integrations. She constantly asks questions and looks for connections. She also makes mistakes, such as in the Sharing is Caring Day. But her aim is always to evaluate things and people rationally and to act accordingly. So I would say the theme is the importance of independent thinking, integrity, and consistency.
One thing that was hard for me, given that the story is told from Leo’s first-person perspective, was showing Sophie’s internal conflicts and how she tries to maintain integrity and consistency—for example, when she wants to work for Ingrid to earn the money she needs for the immigration paperwork, yet she senses that Ingrid is corrupt.
Biddle: I thought that conflict was a good way to show that life is not always neat and tidy. We face difficult decisions, and there’s always a hierarchy of values at play as well as degrees of knowledge about the people we deal with. One of the main values in Sophie’s hierarchy was her need to resolve her immigration problem, and the project for Ingrid was a means to that vital end. It didn’t seem to me, at that point in the story, that Sophie fully understood the nature of Ingrid’s character.
Tsfany: Exactly. I wrote several paragraphs about what was going on in Sophie’s head, but my limitation was always that I was writing in first person, from Leo’s perspective.
Biddle: My daughter, Darcy, just walked into the room, and I think she wants to ask a question.
Darcy: Hi, Tal! I just wanted to say that I think writing the story from Leo’s perspective was one of the most gorgeous choices of the whole book. It makes Sophie quite mysterious—you’re never sure what’s going on inside her head. Maybe I’m not as wise, but at the beginning of the story watching Sophie making some of her choices, I was with Leo, saying, “Oh my god, take the money!”
Tsfany: Ha! You know what? My first editor advised switching to third person because with that you have an easier time, you can float the camera anywhere you want. You can go in her head, his head, wherever. But it felt so intimate to tell it from Leo’s perspective and to watch him deal with the new ideas and perspectives Sophie challenges him with. Telling it from Leo’s perspective also enabled the readers to share his affection for Sophie and think, “Wow, that Sophie girl is cool.”
Darcy: And the spotlight scene was amazing. I’ve never wished that I could draw more than at that moment. Your son’s drawing there was incredible; I think it was my favorite drawing in the book.
Tsfany: Thank you. Now that he’s older, Ron looks back and says, “Dad, I could’ve drawn those so much better now.” He is a full-time student in an amazing art school dedicated to character design, so maybe in a later edition he’ll decide to revise them.
Biddle: My next question is sort of from Darcy, too. Is Mr. Sumner based on Dr. Eric Daniels, who teaches history and science at LePort Schools?
Tsfany: Though I know of Dr. Daniels, I have yet to meet him. No, for me, Mr. Sumner is my fourth-grade teacher.
Biddle: Well, your descriptions of him and the words you give him sound exactly like Dr. Daniels. At one point, while Darcy was reading the book, and before I had read it, she came running in, asking, “Does Tal know Dr. Daniels? This character is Dr. Daniels!”
Tsfany: I’ve heard good things about him, so I’m happy to know the similarity exists.
I have a story related to that. One day the teacher who was the inspiration for Mr. Sumner took us outside—she was wearing black pants and a white shirt, and for forty-five minutes she would not give us the answer to the question, “Why are my pants warmer than my shirt?” She had us discover for ourselves the fact that light interacts with material differently depending on its darkness. I’ve never forgotten the experience. She was phenomenal.
Biddle: Yep. She sounds like Dr. Daniels. I wish there were a million teachers of their kind.
Do you have plans for a sequel to Sophie?
Tsfany: No, but I’m playing with the idea of writing something bigger. I’m fascinated with the idea of Lord of the Flies and with starting a society from scratch. I have a framework for an idea of what I want to do. I just hope I can make the time and generate the energy to do it.
Biddle: This would be Lord of the Flies going in the other direction, I take it? What boys can do when they put their minds to productivity and trade?
Tsfany: Exactly—it’d be a good, non-cynical version of Lord of the Flies.
Biddle: Well, I’ll be first on the list to read that one.
Where can people keep up with your work, news about Sophie, and any future books you write?
Tsfany: Sophie has a Facebook page, which is “Sophie—The Book,” and I have a website, which is Sophie-book.com. I also have an author page at Amazon and Goodreads.
Biddle: And, of course, the book is available in both print and Kindle versions through Amazon. We’ll link to all of these in the published interview online.
Thank you again, Tal, for writing Sophie—and for taking time to speak with me about the book.
Tsfany: Thank you, Craig, I appreciate this, and I will cherish the feedback of you and Sarah tearing up while reading the ending.
Let me add that if parents want to read the book together with their kids, there is a Parent-Child Discussion Guide downloadable on Sophie’s website that can facilitate discussions after each chapter of the book.
Biddle: Ah, yes—I’m glad you mentioned that. I had intended to.
A final word to our readers: If you’ve not yet read Sophie, I highly recommend that you pick up a copy today. And if you have children or teenagers—or friends who have them—let them know about this book. It is profoundly good.
Fast-Food Workers Seek Government Guns to Back Demands
From the Editor, Fall 2019
Why Our (Long-Overdue) Retaliation Against Iran Should Include Bombing Mosques and Madrassahs
Property Rights and the Crisis of the Electric Grid
‘Shithole Countries,’ Moral Ambitiousness, and Economic Parallels
Now Multiple IRS Hard Drives Crashed—Coincidence?
Tal Tsfany: Next President and CEO of the Ayn Rand InstituteToastmasters: A Means to Actualize Your Potential and Improve the Culture
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line834
|
__label__wiki
| 0.540078
| 0.540078
|
A Guide to the Different Roles in Audio Post-Production
By Ian Vargo
If you’ve ever stayed after a movie ends to watch the closing credits, you’ll see hundreds if not thousands of names. Filmmaking is perhaps the most collaborative art form, and the greatest films are a result of a dedicated team of skilled artists working at the top of their game.
It’s important to keep in mind that the sheer number of different roles depends on the budget and scope of a production. I myself have been credited as the singular Post-Production Audio Engineer on a number of productions, but for films and programs that have budgets in the tens if not hundreds of millions, you’ll see the work divided amongst a large team.
Over 40 people are credited in the sound department alone for the 2018 Oscar-winner for Best Sound Mixing and Editing, Dunkirk. This doesn’t even include the many technicians, engineers and musicians who worked on the score written by Hans Zimmer.
If you’re interested in learning more about the specific jobs of the people who work behind the scenes in film, television, and even gaming, here is an overview of the different roles in Audio Post-Production.
Sound Supervisor (Supervising Sound Editor)
Perhaps the most important role in Post-Production Audio, the Supervising Sound Editor oversees virtually every other member of the sound team on a production. This includes managing budgets, ensuring that the crew is completing their work correctly and on-time, and regularly communicating with Producers and Directors regarding the progress of the sound team.
The Supervising Sound Editor may wear many hats depending on the size of the production, and is often involved in the recording of sound effects libraries for productions, handles some sound design duties, and works closely with the Foley, Dialog Editing, ADR, Music, and Re-Recording mixing teams.
Many Sound Supervisors are veteran engineers that have served as other roles on the sound team earlier in their career. The ability to multitask, stay organized, provide leadership and guidance, and work well with others are important skills for a Supervising Sound Editor to have.
This is arguably one of the more creative roles in Audio Post. Think about a film like the original Jurassic Park — with no dinosaurs currently living, we are only left to assume what kind of sounds they would make, and the Sound Designer’s job is to create sounds that are believable and will resonate with audiences.
The frightening roars, rattles, and screeches of the films’ dinosaurs were created by combining recordings of animals including walruses, dolphins, dogs and others. Recent research suggests, however, that dinosaurs didn’t in fact make terrifying roars as they did in Jurassic Park, but rather produced something similar to a duck quack. How disappointing… Dinosaurs are just one example of the many fantastical creatures, vehicles, and environments that we hear in movies, and it’s the Sound Designer’s job to bring all of these to life in a believable way.
Creativity, critical thinking, and resourcefulness are important skills to have as a Sound Designer. Many Sound Designers have a musical background, and while this isn’t a requirement, it certainly helps.
For more common, everyday sounds, we rely on the Foley team to immerse us in the world of the film. Named after sound-effects pioneer Jack Foley, Foley is created by one or several “Foley Artists” watching the film or TV Program, and literally acting out whatever is happening on screen, all while using props.
Footsteps, movements, and even the more seemingly insignificant sound effects are meticulously performed and recorded. For an in-depth look (and listen) into the wonderful art of Foley, it doesn’t get much better than The Secret World of Foley. In addition to the Foley Artists (or ‘walkers’ as they are sometimes referred to) there are also engineers whose sole responsibility on a production is to record, edit or mix the Foley.
Foley is performance art, it’s like dancing, and great Foley Artists allow themselves to be transfixed by the on-screen action. Additionally, Foley artists need to be very resourceful when picking out props to record with. Both Foley artists and engineers need to have an impeccable sense of rhythm and dynamics, and an obsessive attention to detail.
Dialog Editing
On set, the primary responsibility of the sound crew is to properly capture the dialog. Once this has been recorded, a dialog editor will go through, meticulously cleaning up any unwanted wind, clothing or mouth noise, and generating “fill” as to prevent any unwanted drops in room tone, otherwise known as ambience. This process is extremely important, detailed and time-consuming. I’ve found that iZotope RX 6 is an absolute life-saver for this job.
Dialog Editors also need to have a great attention to detail, and the ability to detect slight changes in pitch and rhythm in the human voice, so a musical background is helpful but not required.
For any lines from production that simply cannot be salvaged, we turn to ADR. Referred to as “Automated” or “Automatic” Dialog Replacement (formerly “looping”) this process involves getting the actor back in the studio, and then re-recording them reciting their lines alongside the original performance. There could be any number of reasons the original dialog is un-workable. Perhaps the actor was sick or the lines were delivered improperly. Perhaps some unfixable wind or background noise.
Regardless, getting ADR to fit seamlessly alongside production dialog is very challenging, and requires a great amount of finesse, attention to detail and a great ear.
Many of the skills that make a great dialog editor are also needed by ADR engineers. An understanding of acoustics is important as well, considering that matching the tone and space of the re-recorded dialog to match the original production audio is one of the primary jobs of the ADR team.
Music is one of the most effective tools in eliciting an emotional reaction from an audience. For music custom-made for a production, also known as underscore, we turn to a music composer.
Music can aid in dictating the tone and pace of a production — great directors appreciate and respect this, and collaborate with composers in creating an effective score that enhances the cinematic experience.
Once the main melodic ideas of the score are written, most composers rely on many other talented musicians and technicians to bring it to life. Arrangers, copyists, session musicians, as well as recording, mix and mastering engineers are just a few of the roles on the team that turns a simple musical idea into a finished piece of music for motion picture.
The best composers have an encyclopedic knowledge of music, a lot of patience and the ability to take direction. The ability to read music, dictate musical ideas to highly-trained musicians and the ability to play multiple instruments are practically must-have skills for anyone wanting to get into composition for visual media.
Music Editing
A music editor serves as a sort of liaison between the Director, Composer, Music Supervisor, and Picture Editor, ensuring that the flow and tone of a film’s musical soundtrack is appropriate and in service of the Director’s vision.
They generally begin by developing a temporary (temp) track that consists of pre-existing music. This temp track, which may contain a blend of popular and film soundtrack music, will serve as a guideline for the composer. The Music Editor has many other duties which include developing a click-track for the composer, conductor, and musicians to ensure precise timing. They will be present at recording and mix sessions, and are responsible for making any changes to the music track that may prevent it from flowing seamlessly with the edited picture.
A vast knowledge of music, a keen sense of timing, and the ability to work well with others are important skills for a Music Editor to have. They may be asked to make complex changes on the fly, so being able to work well under pressure with limited resources is valuable as well.
Music Supervising
We’ve all seen films and TV shows that incorporate “already existing” music. Whether a character is listening to the car radio and a classic rock hit comes on, or a scene takes place in a dance club with one of the most popular songs of the day blasting over the PA, incorporating popular music is a great way of drawing the audience into the story and world of the film.
What may go under-appreciated, though, is the amount of work it takes to get that music legally “placed” into the program. Music Supervisors work with the Directors and Producers in choosing music appropriate for the story, and also secure the appropriate licenses needed to use the music legally.
One of my favorite examples of popular music used in TV is the AMC Program “Mad Men” using the song “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles in a particular scene. Ultimately, the production paid $250,000 to secure the rights to use it, and the story is absolutely fascinating.
Having a comprehensive understanding of music, both popular and obscure, is needed to be a Music Supervisor. Additionally, the ability to manage potentially high-stress negotiations and deadlines is important. A Music Supervisor also needs to understand how money works in visual media, so a strong business sense and the ability to work well with others are important skills to have.
Once all of the aforementioned elements have been assembled, they need to be balanced and mixed down to a final format, and this is the job of the Re-Recording Mixer. These highly-skilled engineers strive to complete a soundtrack that is stylistically and technically flawless.
Oftentimes, towards the end of a production, the Director or other high-level executives may be present while the Re-Recording Mixer makes requested changes. The Director will have a vision, and it is the role of the Re-Recording Mixer to bring that vision to life.
Similar to Supervising Sound Editors, these engineers often have served as different roles on a Post-Production Audio team before. On some productions, the Supervising Sound Editor will also serve as the Re-Recording Mixer. As mentioned, overlap between the different roles all depends on the budget and scope of the production. Re-Recording Mixers need to be highly organized, technical wizards, and must have the ability to make appropriate stylistic decisions. They are the final set of hands (and ears) to impart creative and technical decisions onto a programs’ soundtrack before it is released to audiences worldwide.
I hope this overview has been helpful. Certainly, there is much more to learn about each and every one of these professions. I encourage you to watch the credits next time you attend the movies, and show interest in the jobs of the talented men and women responsible for creating the sonic landscapes of our favorite works of visual media.
Ian Vargo
Ian Vargo is a Producer, Mixer and Audio Professor based in Los Angeles. He has worked on numerous major label and independent records. Get in touch on his website or learn more from him in Mastering in the Box and Mixing Pop.
Interview with Emmy-Winning Sound Effects Editor Dan Kenyon
Plugins for Audio Post-Production: What the Pros Are Using
The Basics of Frame Rates in Audio Post Production
Audio Design Desk — a New Paradigm for Audio Post-Production
Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Mandell Winter
Hans Zimmer Strings
Fixing Pops & Clicks Using iZotope RX with Warren Sokol
What’s New in Reaper Version 5? (Justin Frankel Interview – Part 2)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line835
|
__label__wiki
| 0.820583
| 0.820583
|
Hot Best Seller
U.S. Sanctions on Russia
Availability: Ready to download
Many observers consider sanctions to be a central element of U.S. policy to counter Russian malign behavior. Most Russia-related sanctions implemented by the United States have been levied in response to Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine. In addition, the United States has imposed sanctions on Russia in response to human rights abuses, election interference and cyberattack Many observers consider sanctions to be a central element of U.S. policy to counter Russian malign behavior. Most Russia-related sanctions implemented by the United States have been levied in response to Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine. In addition, the United States has imposed sanctions on Russia in response to human rights abuses, election interference and cyberattacks, weapons proliferation, illicit trade with North Korea, support to Syria, and use of a chemical weapon. The United States also employs sanctions to deter further objectionable activities. Most Members of Congress support a robust use of sanctions amid concerns about Russia's international behavior and geostrategic intentions. Ukraine-related sanctions are mainly based on four executive orders (EOs) the President introduced in 2014. In addition, Congress passed and the President signed into law two acts establishing sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine: the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (SSIDES; P.L. 113-95/H.R. 4152) and the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (UFSA; P.L. 113-272/H.R. 5859). Additional sanctions on Russia may be forthcoming. On August 6, 2018, the United States determined that in March 2018 the Russian government used a chemical weapon in the United Kingdom in contravention of international law. In response, the United States launched an initial round of sanctions on Russia, as required by the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act; P.L. 102-182/H.R. 1724, Title III). The law requires a second, more severe round of sanctions in the absence of Russia﷿s reliable commitment to no longer use such weapons. The United States has imposed most Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia in coordination with the European Union (EU). Since 2017, the efforts of Congress and the Trump Administration to tighten U.S. sanctions on Russia have prompted some degree of concern in the EU about U.S. commitment to sanctions coordination and U.S.-EU cooperation on Russia and Ukraine more broadly. The EU continues to consider the possibility of imposing sanctions in response to Russia's use of a chemical weapon in the United Kingdom, human rights abuses, and cyberattacks. Debates about the effectiveness of U.S. and other sanctions on Russia continue in Congress, in the Administration, and among other stakeholders. Russia has not reversed its occupation and annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region, nor has it stopped fostering separatism in eastern Ukraine. On the contrary, it has extended military operations to the Black Sea and the Azov Sea bordering Ukraine and Russia. With respect to other malign activities, the relationship between sanctions and Russian behavior is difficult to determine. Nonetheless, many observers argue that sanctions help to restrain Russia or that their imposition is an appropriate foreign policy response regardless of immediate effect. In the 115th Congress, several bills were introduced to increase the use of sanctions in response to Russia's malign activities. The 116th Congress may continue to debate the role of sanctions in U.S. foreign policy toward Russia.
Categories: Arts & Photography, Audiobooks, Biographies, Business & Money, Children's Books, Chinos, Comics, Computers, Cookbooks, Education, Limited Edition, Men's, Women's
1 review for U.S. Sanctions on Russia
Michael Purple –
Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears, Volume 1: Baby Talk
A Hopeless Heist (A Hope Walker Mystery Book 2)
The Ingredients of You and Me (Hopeless Romantics, #3)
Personal Demons (Hopeless, Maine, #1A)
Optimisfits: Igniting a Fierce Rebellion Against Hopelessness
X-Men: Season One
Hopelessly Perfect (Perfectly Imperfect Love, #2)
Avengers Arena, Volume 1: Kill or Die
Perchases
Address: 1255 Brown Bear Drive, Perris, Canada 92370
theresistanceunited.com Copyright. Powered By theresistanceunited.com
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line836
|
__label__wiki
| 0.965394
| 0.965394
|
University Observer
Students' Union Affairs
Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Business and Careers
OTwo
OTwo Interview
Literature & Drama
Staff Writes
The Harpy
Cassini Ends its Mission by Intentionally Crashing into Saturn’s Atmosphere
By Christine Coffey | Oct 11 2017
Cassini enabled us to explore parts of our solar system in ways never before imagined. Christine Coffey explores the amazing spacecraft’s legacy. Despite being arguably one of mankind’s most successful space missions and a flagship for future international collaboration between NASA and its European counterparts, the general public were largely unaware of the progress of the Cassini-Huygens mission. That is until they discovered that NASA were going to intentionally crash it into Saturn last month. Nothing draws a crowd quite like the impending write-off of a $3.27 billion space probe.On October 15th 1997, the Cassini-Huygens mission launched with a rocket launcher from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It was the start of a mission that would last 19 years, 11 months, and 15 days. NASA and the European Space Agency entered this joint venture with modest objectives compared to the return of information received from the probes. They wanted to gather more information about Saturn’s many moons, profile the planet’s complex gravity field, and more specifically the mysterious rings that were first observed by Galileo in 1610.
“The mission revealed gigantic hurricanes on the planet itself, the largest of which is located at Saturn’s North Pole.”
The spacecraft initially used Venus and Jupiter’s gravity fields to slingshot itself into the outer Solar System, before eventually arriving in Saturn’s orbit on July 1st 2004. The spacecraft comprised of two main components, Cassini, the American orbiter, and Huygens, the European landing probe. On Christmas Day in 2004 the Huygens landing pod was detached from the Cassini orbiter to enter the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. This moon is bigger than the planet Mercury and its size dwarves Pluto, which was still considered a planet when this project started.Titan is a very cold ‘Earth-like’ moon, with average temperatures of -179.5oC. Huygens completed the farthest landing away from Earth and simultaneously the first landing in deep space. The landing probe collected data from Titan which was previously unobtainable because of the density of its atmosphere, which appears orange when viewed from space. We now have a clearer image of the moon itself, with its liquid methane lakes and ethane clouds that combine with nitrogen to create the moon’s organic smog. Titan’s methane cycle is rather similar to our water cycle here on earth. Today, Huygens boldly squats where no landing probe has ever squatted before and patiently waits to be retrieved. As of yet, no retrieval mission is planned.
“Its total distance covered came to an astounding 7.9 billion km.”
The Cassini orbiter went on to do a lot of travelling after its split with Huygens. Its total distance covered came to an astounding 7.9 billion km. A total of 294 orbits of Saturn were completed and much was discovered about the rings of Saturn in particular. The rings themselves are composed of rocks ranging in size from as small as fine dust to as big as mountains. The ring system itself is over four Earth diameters wide, but very thin, kept in place due to the gravitational pull of a large number of moons. The mission revealed gigantic hurricanes on the planet itself, the largest of which is located at Saturn’s North Pole. This storm is over twice the size of earth, has an eye approximately 2000 km wide and bizarrely, is almost a perfect hexagon in shape.
“Six new moons were discovered and the birth of a new moon was witnessed.”
Although Titan was the main focus in terms of Saturn’s moons, the people working on the project greatly underestimated the extent of information they would collect about the planet’s moons. In particular, the moon Enceladus was the surprise of the mission. Cassini reported geysers firing water and strong evidence of an ocean under its surface. This means there could be potential microbial life on both Titan and Enceladus. The moon Pan deserves a mention too, as Cassini imaging revealed similarities in shape to ravioli or a really large walnut. Six new moons were discovered and the birth of a moon was witnessed.
“In Cassini’s last manoeuvre, the orbiter had one more encounter with the moon Titan which changed its trajectory and set it hurtling towards Saturn, a manoeuvre which has been named the ‘Goodbye Kiss.’”
With little fuel left and a reluctance to leave Cassini in orbit in case it should crash with Titan or Enceladus, contaminating them with microbes from earth, an executive decision was made to terminate the mission by crashing the orbiter into Saturn’s atmosphere. NASA sent the orbiter into close proximity with Saturn’s rings, much closer than it had been sent before. In Cassini’s last manoeuvre, the orbiter had one more encounter with the moon Titan which changed its trajectory and sent it hurtling towards Saturn, a manoeuvre which has been named the ‘Goodbye Kiss.’On September 15th 2017 Cassini crashed into Saturn’s atmosphere, igniting and breaking apart in a poetic end to a mission that encapsulated the ideals of space travel perfectly. As Linda Spilker, a member of the Cassini-Huygens team said, “We take comfort knowing that every time we look up at Saturn in the night sky, part of Cassini will be there, too.”
“He Made us Happy”- How Diego Maradona lifted a broken nation
Cupboard Love: Shortbread
Agony Aunt: Vol XXVII Issue 4
Alcohol Free Alternatives
The University Observer
E: info@universityobserver.ie
The University Observer is a member of the Press Council of Ireland and supports the Office of the Press Ombudsman. This scheme in addition to defending the freedom of the press, offers readers a quick, fair and free method of dealing with complaints that they may have in relation to articles that appear on our pages. To contact the Office of the Press Ombudsman Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or go to pressombudsman.ie.
Copyright | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Subscribe
Website by House of Design
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line842
|
__label__wiki
| 0.898037
| 0.898037
|
9/11 Aftermath
Five years later, terrorist attacks continue to influence the government IT industry
Major Homeland Security Opportunities
Program: Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge (Eagle)
Mission: Consolidate and standardize IT spending for Homeland Security Department
Value: $42 billion over seven years
Status: Awarded to 25 large businesses and 31 small businesses
Program: Secure Border Initiative Network (SBI-Net)
Mission: Create comprehensive border surveillance system
Value: $2 billion over five years
Status: Award pending; teams led by Boeing Co., Ericsson Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. are competing.
Program: Integrated Wireless Network (IWN)
Mission: Integrate federal agency wireless networks
Value: $10 billion over 15 years
Status: Award pending
Program: Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12)
Mission: Deploy biometric identification cards for federal employees and contractors
Value: Undetermined
Status: Task orders pending
Program: Transportation Workers Identification Credential
Mission: Deploy biometric ID cards for transportation workers
Value: $1.2 billion
Sources: Companies involved, Homeland Security Department, Federal Sources Inc., Input Inc.
Washington Technology's 20th anniversary issue
Washington Technology looks back at the last two decades and the companies, people and events that shaped the federal IT market. Much has happened in the last 20 years.
In this special report:
years that made a difference
» Market
» Be
fast, be nimble
» Commentary | Network demands restructure an industry
» 22 leaders who made a difference
» Profile:
Ernst Volgenau
George Pedersen
Norman Augustine
Al Nashman
» Commentary
| Two decades of change for the reseller community
| 8a grads face a daunting future
technologies that disrupted an industry
» The
birth of an institution
Northrop Grumman Corp. executive Bruce Walker was attending a conference in Northern Virginia when aides rushed into the room and told him that the Pentagon was under attack by terrorists. It was shortly before 10 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001.
The impact of the news was immediate and profound. Nearly everyone in the room had work or family ties with people at the military complex 20 miles away.
"There was shock and horror," Walker said. "It was a very chilling experience."
What followed was a growing sense of the urgent need to prevent additional attacks on U.S. soil. That sudden emergence of homeland security as a top priority also transformed the companies and careers of Walker and other federal contractors.
In the months after 9/11, realigning government to fight terrorism was "chaotic and a real eye-opener," said Walker, now vice president of strategic planning for homeland security for Northrop Grumman. Federal defense contractors and systems integrators wanted their expertise to be part of the solution, he said. "We wanted to see how we could leverage our experience to make sure that [these attacks] would not happen again," he said.
At Northrop and other systems integrators, new homeland security business units were born, and divisions rearranged to address new national priorities: information-sharing, preparedness, emergency communications, infrastructure protection and identity management, among others.
Computer Sciences Corp. reorganized its intelligence, security and enforcement units into a single division to better serve the federal government in its new homeland security role, said Jim Schaeffer, president of the federal sector. BearingPoint Inc. also set up a homeland security office.
Five years later, those realignments remain in effect and homeland security remains a major focus for systems integrators. The Homeland Security Department continues to mature and is beginning to deliver large contracting opportunities.
The path from 9/11 has been ambitious, and not a little bumpy, but the road ahead may be a bit less rocky.
"The numbers have not materialized as quickly as people expected," said John Slye, homeland security analyst for market research firm Input Inc., Reston, Va. "There was a period of big buzz ? lots of talk, but no action. But in the next five years, there are still significant opportunities. It will be more targeted growth."
Growth will likely be steady for the next five years, agreed J.R. Reagan, managing director and solutions leader for security and identity management at BearingPoint. But, he added, "there are still a lot of problems to be solved."
In the summer of 2001, systems integrators were bemoaning the stagnant economy and recent demise of many dotcom companies. Amid such turmoil, government contracts were an oasis of stability. Within hours of the Sept. 11, 2001, strikes, the national mood shifted. The perception was that federal spending on intelligence, physical security systems, information-sharing, emergency communications and other homeland security needs would rise drastically.
Stock prices for systems integrators since then have reflected those perceptions: Lockheed Martin Corp.'s stock price has risen from $36 per share at closing Sept. 10, 2001, to late August's price of $84 per share, adjusted. Over the same period the share price for Boeing Co. rose from $40 to $77; for CSC, from $34 to $47; General Dynamics Corp., from $35 to $69; Northrop Grumman, from $38 to $66; and Raytheon Co., from $23 to $47.
Congress in the fall of 2001 rushed money to New York and Washington. The White House quickly stood up a homeland security office and pledged money for first responders. In March 2003, the Homeland Security Department began its first full fiscal year with a budget of $29 billion. This year its budget is $31 billion. The FBI, Health and Human Services Department, National Security Agency and other agencies also are spending antiterrorism dollars.
A sizable share of the new funding has been for high-level IT services, including integrating networks and systems for information-sharing; beefing up intelligence and establishing new databases for tasks such as documenting immigrants and visitors to the United States and for screening passengers at airports. Further priorities include updating command and control systems and emergency operations centers, setting up emergency communications, and initiating sophisticated public health surveillance efforts.
Some of the most high-profile of the major IT programs are Trilogy and the Terrorism Threat Integration Center at the FBI; Trailblazer at the National Security Agency; U.S. Visit, the Homeland Security Information Network and Homeland Security Operations Center at DHS; and BioSense at Health and Human Services.
After 9/11, "the government put in a lot of money for intelligence and command and control systems for 3-4 years," said Steve Carrier, a former vice president of business development for Northrop Grumman, who is now retired. "There was a huge uptick."
Some of DHS's new units, including the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection directorate, had little or no IT to start with. "We were working three shifts a day to put in an effective IT system environment at the [DHS] Nebraska Avenue complex," Northrop Grumman's Walker said.
double-clutching giants
Defense contractors such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon were able to move quickly into homeland security because they had the available personnel and technology.
Homeland security, with its emphasis on information-sharing and interoperability rather than weapons hardware, is "a high-profit service area," Input's Slye said. "You're dealing with a higher profit margin. Traditional defense contractors have moved into the niche. Integrators are able to thrive because they offer a broad solution set," he said.
"All the big defense contractors worked on acquiring IT capabilities; they already had the ability to manage big contracts," said James Lewis, director of technology and public policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington.
The evolution of DHS has not been steady, however. The new department has been whipsawed by changing priorities, turf battles, aging infrastructures and serious privacy concerns. While the initial push for information-sharing has continued, and border and immigration programs such as the U.S. Visit are going strong, other high-profile IT projects, including Secure Flight to prescreen passengers at airports, have not gotten off the ground.
Hurricane Katrina blew in a wave of renewed concerns about preparedness and emergency communications, and attacks in London and Madrid have focused attention on shortcomings in rail security and surveillance.
Compounding those factors is the department's creation from 22 agencies by congressional mandate. "When you stand up a new agency, all the processes and policies are just being created, and there is a lot more uncertainty about how to do business," said CSC's Schaeffer.
On the other hand, the upheaval arguably has led to innovations. Some small-business executives believe that post-9/11 systems integrators are more open-minded about reaching out to them.
Before 9/11, the attitude of large federal contractors toward small business was more conquering than cooperative, said Richard Shie, senior vice president of corporate marketing for Physical Optics Corp. in Torrance, Calif., a small systems integrator and maker of optical technologies.
After 9/11, by contrast, Shie said, "people realized we need an integration of a variety of systems and technologies. Systems integrators are much more aggressive now at reaching out to small businesses."
Today there are several ongoing homeland security projects to establish basic IT architectures and systems, primarily to improve information-sharing and reduce stovepiped or separate pods of activity.
The most watched contracts, however, are for groundbreaking new programs that use and integrate new technologies. Most prominent among these is the Secure Border Initiative Network, a comprehensive border surveillance system that is one of DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff's top priorities. The contract is expected to be in the $2 billion range. Five teams, led by systems integrators Boeing, Ericsson Inc., Lockheed, Northrop and Raytheon, are competing for the award, which is expected within weeks. Much of the money will be spent on cameras, sensors and network integration.
The fate of SBI-Net is a bellwether for future homeland security spending at a time when federal budgets are being squeezed. "The big question is what will happen with SBI-Net," Input's Slye said. "Everyone is watching it like reality TV, wondering what will happen next."
More contracting activity is expected for systems integrators in the next several years for global homeland security in Europe and Asia; for state and local investments in information-sharing and preparedness; for private sector infrastructure protection; and for public health monitoring of the pandemic flu and other diseases.
Five years after those terrible events, their impact is still felt.
"Everyone has fundamentally changed," Northrop Grumman's Walker said. "People in the United States are now sensitized to the fact that the threat is there."
Staff Writer Alice Lipowicz can be reached at alipowicz@postnewsweektech.com.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line856
|
__label__cc
| 0.622866
| 0.377134
|
2016: End of a Rough Year
December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 8 Comments
I don’t think I’ve ever seen people so angry at a year, a manmade block of twelve months, like it was some independent actor. “2016 kicked my ass!” Granted, 2016 was the year that took away Carrie Fisher and gave us President-Elect Donald “Pussy Grabber” Trump, but it’s not the damn year’s fault. We’re all glad it’s over, but there’s little hope that 2017 is gonna be any better as America suffers the results of the greatest con in history and deals with even more cultural icon deaths. (Can I get $20 on Hugh Hefner by Valentines Day?)
On the home front, it was a wonderful year as I watched our daughter Cozy go from a toddling toddler to an articulate 2-year-old who is happy to argue that Mickey and Minnie Mouse are really the same person/mouse and knows the proper usage of no, nope, and “No way, Mommy.” She can also sing “Hey Jude” all the way through. (Well, at least the good bits.) It’s been an insane year watching her transition from “baby” to “person.” A highlight of each day has been picking up Andrea from her job at the law firm and relaying what amazing feat she’s accomplished that day. Yesterday she put on a dress by herself and then put a little Santa figure on a spinning turntable and screamed, “Help, Daddy!” over and over again. Poor Santa.
This blog has been a great way to chart both her development and the development of the world she is growing up in. I’ve been able to bounce back from macro to micro on a weekly basis. From her potty training to the terrorist attack in Brussels, it’s all been here, warm and fuzzy moments and moments of shear horror. Of the 54 posts in 2016, the most popular (over 9,200 reads) and discussed (30 comments) was one of my several pieces on rape culture, entitled Why we can’t have good things: Men and rape culture (June 2). My favorite piece was actually written by Andrea, a powerful guest essay on her border crossing, that was latter published in the collection, A Journey of Words.
Donald Trump’s name was in the title of seven blogposts but, in a way, his tiny fingers were in all of them as he is the figurehead of the cultural backlash that our Cozy must live in. If Russian Stooge Trump (or Crooked Trump, either works) makes it to the end of his first term, Cozy will be six-years-old and we’ll be hoping there will still be public schools to send her to. Let’s hope there’s still a United States, as well.
There has been plenty of commentary on Cozy’s gendered (or non-gendered) development, as well as commentary on shows we watched while she was asleep or at her abuela’s (The Walking Dead, The Good Wife, Stranger Things, etc.). A little bit about sports, Sigmund Freud, and maybe not enough about why saying “all lives matter” makes you sound racist.
The blog has really helped me with my writing. The piece on Bowie’s passing was published in a magazine and two of my pieces on Trump, “Thugs, Bullies, and Donald J. Trump: The Perils of Wounded Masculinity” and “Who the hell is supporting Donald Trump?”, were published in Counterpunch. Three of my favorite pieces were written far from Portland. My piece on Patti Smith was written in a coffee shop in Greenwich Village, New York that she hangs out in, the post on the Orlando gay bar shooting was written in Washington, DC, and the piece about sexism in Cuba was written on a flight from Havana to Mexico. Like a rolling stone.
Who knows were 2017 will take us. It feels like the Trump trolls, Trump billionaires, and Trump generals want to roll America back to a dark time where the freedom of anyone who wasn’t a straight white cis-gendered Christian male was just a far off dream. But I think they underestimate our will to defend what we’ve won and fight on every single front, including on-line. My sincere hope is that Donald will realize this job is a bit harder than he hoped and go back to his tacky gold castle after a few months of trying to understand how the Constitution actually works.
In the meantime, we will be raising our daughter to stand strong against the next generation of pussy grabbers that Trump has been fostering. We will travel, write, make art, and continue to rage against those in power who rage for the machine. And maybe dad will take a great job somewhere on earth to help move the wheels of justice in the right direction.
Here are the Watching the Wheels posts of 2016. Thank you for letting me share these thoughts with you.
The Kid’s First Trip to the ER: Anatomy of a Panic (January 4)
My Little New York Patti Smith Dream (January 9)
How David Bowie Bent My Gender (January 11)
I’m in charge of your butthole: The intimate world of parenting (January 20)
What does the Bundy militia really want? (January 25)
Violence is the answer: I’m over football. (February 2)
Pushing back against trolls (February 10)
A Valentines Poem for My Beloved Wife (February 14)
18 thoughts for Cozy’s 18-month birthday (February 17)
Ben Carson is not retarded: The language of marginalization (February 23)
A Coyote brought her to us – Cozy’s birth week (March 2)
Who the hell is supporting Donald Trump? (March 10)
Me and My Shadow: More baby brain fun (March 17)
Living in an age of terror: Brussels (March 22)
A Zombie Ate My Baby! Social anxiety and The Walking Dead (March 28)
A Year as a Penniless Writer (April 6)
The Feminine Mystique: Stay-at-Home Dad Edition (April 14)
We need a Rosa Parks of genitals: North Carolina and the need to pee (April 21)
Prince Died for Your Sins: Prophecy and Phallacy (April 28)
Farewell to my Good Wife (May 4)
Cinco de Mayo guest essay: A Conversation with the Serpent (May 5)
Saying “No” to Elmo: The Superego vs. the red monster (May 13)
The Millennial Effect: Here comes Generation Z (May 18)
Douchebags, Thugs, Bullies, and Donald J. Trump: The perils of wounded masculinity (May 25)
Why we can’t have nice things: MEN and rape culture (June 1)
Sometimes you really need a moment. (June 12)
Ode to a Gay Bar (June 15)
Gender – Nature vs. Nurture 6: Fierce fashionista for a fiercer world (June 22)
Dad Love 8 – I’m on drugs (June 30)
The Man Way: The stupidity of fighting terrorism with more terrorism (July 6)
Here’s Why Saying “All Lives Matter” Makes You Sound Racist (July 12)
The Casual Sociologist: Causally watching race and races from Mexico (July 26)
Empathy and PTSD in Rape Culture: Maybe a veteran would understand (better than Trump) (August 3)
Dad Love 9: I Become Winona Ryder in Stranger Things (August 8)
Feministing in Havana (August 14)
I found a 2-year-old! (August 22)
My Unintended Gap Year: The humility of looking for work (September 1)
So I Married an Alien (September 8)
The Princess Problem (September 15)
Owning My White Privilege: Stories I won’t (have to) tell my children (September 21)
How Donald Trump makes me a better feminist (September 28)
The Dream Police Are Inside My Head (October 6)
Donald Trump for President of Rape Culture (October 10)
Can you lead an authentic life in this mortgaged world? (October 20)
What drugs go well with a toddler? (October 26)
My toddler has flown the nest and I don’t know what to do with my hands. (November 3)
11/8 > 9/11: Trump’s body count starts now (November 10)
Bring on the anal phase! (November 15)
Watching the Wheels turns 2 and can use the potty! (November 23)
Butterflies for the Children of Aleppo (December 1)
Delayed gratification and Santa’s Advent calendar (December 7)
Writing to Live: The birth of the “rock novel” (December 14)
Trump Lessons 1: Is this sexist? (December 22)
Father Randy’s Top 20 for 2016, Back to Vinyl (December 27)
The Princess Problem
September 15, 2016 September 15, 2016 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 8 Comments
As a dad and a feminist, I don’t really know what to make of this princess thing. It’s a huge industry. (It would be ironic if it was just a “cottage” industry.) I didn’t notice it until I became a parent, but there a princesses freaking everywhere! Want to take you daughter on a “Disney Princess Cruise?” Your son probably will skip that one for a roll in the mud. But there is a pushback against the “princess narrative,” so I’m trying to figure out how to fit my daughter into it and still keep a smile on her face.
I know that I never played “prince” as a little boy and all the storybook princesses I knew just waited around to be rescued by Prince Charming. “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your damn hair!” One might guess the Brothers Grimm didn’t know many bad-ass chicas who could escape the castle on their own. Or maybe stories of heroines just didn’t sell in the early 1800s. The Nazis really loved those Grimm fairy tales, so that should tell you something.
The Brothers Grimm published Cinderella in 1812 so you’d think 204 years later this princess thing would be played out, right? Au contraire mon frère, it’s bigger than ever. Just take a trip to the “pink” isle at any toy store or the Help Wanted ads at Disneyland. “Help wanted: An anorexic girl to dress as Sleeping Beauty and smile for 8 hours a day in the Anaheim sun. Previous princess threw herself under a pumpkin.”
This gets a mention because suddenly one of my daughter’s precious vocabulary words is “princess.” I was hoping “theoretician” would come first, or even “OBG/GYN.” But there it is. “Princess!” with a squeal of delight. She has a CD from the Disney TV show Sofia the First and the good thing is that she learned how to work the CD player in her room so she could play it. (It’s playing as I write this and Cozy is dancing in her Minnie Mouse dress.) The bad news is these are the lyrics:
There are many things princesses do
Like hosting balls and dancing too
Or Wearing gowns of pink and blue
That’s what we like to do
There are many things that princes like
Jousting polo and taking hikes
Suits of armour with lots of spikes
That’s what we really like
We do princess things
And we do princely things
And no-one crosses in between
We stick with our routine
Not very gender queer. To be fair, Sofia believes that anything can be a “princess thing,” but it’s an uphill battle, not a given that she’s already liberated from her princess routine.
The princess tales seem to fall into two categories, one is the girl born into royalty but the more common version is the peasant girl who is “lucky” enough to be launched into royalty. What’s better than being rich? And they are all hyper-heteronormative. How many little girls grew up singing, “Someday My Prince Will Come,” from Snow White, thinking the story ends when he (or a reasonable facsimile of Prince Charming) shows up. The fairy tale leaves out the part that after the “happily ever after” part when he’s banging the milkmaid and won’t even think about letting his “queen” take night classes at the kingdom’s community college.
Little girls seem to think the life of a princess is all peach pudding and party dresses. Bud Light pitch girl Amy Schumer has a brilliant skit about the reality of the medieval princess forced into arranged marriages with cousins so she can get busy birthing male heirs to the throne. Every girl should see it before asking for a princess party for her next birthday.
Earlier this week, Andrea and I were at the Disney Studios in Burbank visiting a good friend and pretending that Hollywood was ready for us. We stopped by the employee store to pick up some Minnie Mouse swag for Cozy. (It’s just too cute when she says, “Minnie Moush.”) When I saw all the princess dresses from all the Disney films I could just imagine our daughter exploding in screams. I resisted the urge to buy her a Belle dress and bought her an Incredible Hulk t-shirt instead. (Disney owns Marvel now.) But I know what she would really want.
Let me say Disney princesses have come a long way since Snow White. There are princesses of every shade these days, including Elena, the Latina princess. And Merida, from Brave, isn’t exactly a damsel in distress and didn’t even have a romance with a brutish boy. But if you survey the list of Disney princesses, they pretty much are all teenage girls who are awarded with a dominant male at the end of the tale. They are less passive than Sleeping Beauty but their goal is still to end up like a Mrs. Trump. I’m going to encourage Cozy to avoid all that. The princesses tale is exactly what not to wish for.
We’re not raising a demure princess in this house, looking for her Beast. She’s not a kitten who needs to be rescued from a tree. (As Ani DiFranco once sang, “Don’t you think every kitten figures out how to get down, whether or not you ever show up?”) If she wants to live in a palace, she can invent an app or something. But she can pretend to be whoever she wants to be. Who are we going to be today, Cozy? Ariel or Harriet Tubman? Oh, Princess Leia? We’re good.
The Millennial Effect: Here comes Generation Z
May 18, 2016 May 20, 2016 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 10 Comments
As a sociologist of youth culture, I spend a lot of time trying to explain what makes generations unique. The easy answer is – nothing. Broad generalizations are meaningless and teens in 2016 probably face many of the same issues that teens did in 2016 BC. Some things are eternal, like when do you get the keys to the hybrid or chariot?
But there is a social science of generations, looking at a cohorts born in a similar time and place. The parameters are usually based on changes in birthrates. The Baby Boom Generation begins about 9 months after the end of World War 2. In 1946, with the world safe for democracy, the birth rate in the US exploded and finally began to drop in the early 1960s. Nearly a third of the U.S. population are Baby Boomers and it’s pretty much explained nearly every cultural trend since. The sixties were the “Sixties” because you had so many college-age kids. (Bad time to throw a war.) And now all those boomers are retiring and there’s a Viagra commercial on TV every 60 seconds.
Then came Generation X, the relatively small generation that I’m part of the first wave. The birthrate bottomed out in 1974, so a lot of of the 1980s “kids in America” had to live in the shadow of the massive Boom. Next came Generation Y, or the “Millennials,” that ended the century. The birthrate jumped up in 1981 as boomers (finally) started settling down, AIDS killed “free love” and they invented the SUV (with a “Baby On Board” window sign).
This 1981-2001 “echo wave” ended up being even bigger than the baby boom generation. They were not only the brats of Boomers who had finally found their way out of the disco. The population of first generation immigrants also got considerably younger. The Millennials became the most diverse generation in American history. They represent the browning of America. Over 35% were born outside of the country, another 26% are first or second generation immigrants and 38% are bilingual. This is my wife’s, story. She is the new face of America.
These three generations, Baby Boom, Generation X, and Millennial, have some real markers. Baby Boomers watched Star Trek on Friday nights on NBC. Gen Xers watched the reruns after school as latchkey kids (and Star Trek: The Next Generation). And Millennials stream old episodes on Hulu between J.J. Abrams reboots. They are marked by different historical moments; the assassination of the Kennedys, the Challenger explosion, and 9/11. Boomers bought Beatles albums, Gen Xers bought U2 CDs, and Millennials may never have bought music on a physical format, preferring to download it instead. Baby Boomers got sent off to Vietnam, Gen Xers mostly avoided war and many Millennials volunteered for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In reality, there is an incredible variation within generations (including Millennials who buy Beatles albums – on vinyl). Usually when the term “generation” gets used it’s primarily referring to the experiences of middle class white males and what they do with their disposable income. The Great Recession of 2008 and the ethnic demographic shift makes the experience of the Millennials even less homogenous, but the one thing that makes them unique is their reliance on social media technology. Where Boomers hung out at the malt shop, the love-in, and the disco, and Gen Xers hung out at the all-ages punk club, the mall, and the rave, Millennials just hang out on line. The skate park gang is now a multiple-player online Tony Hawk game. The youth are no longer wild in the streets (unless there is a Bernie Sanders rally in town).
But these generations shape culture and not just hairstyles and popular dances. The Baby Boom gave us the second wave feminist movement. Gen X birthed Alex P. Keaton conservatism and Madonna sex-positivism and the Millennials gave us social networking. The great contribution of the Millennial generation is the recognition that you are not your job. They’ve seen their parents, painfully loyal to companies and careers, stabbed in the back, downsized and outsourced. Work is now something to provide you an income while you follow your bliss. Why commit to a profession that is just going to be replaced by a computer or Chinese child labor? As a Gen X’er who recently experienced this betrayal first-hand, this way of living sounds pretty good.
The oldest Millennials are 35 and the youngest are 15. The 9/11 attacks in 2001 also marked another shift in the birthrates. So here comes Generation Z, those born after 2001. This includes my daughter, born in 2014. The first Generation Zs turn 18 in 2019. What will their world be like?
It’s exciting to imagine what the 2020s will look like for them. We know there will be more non-white people in the U.S. and a declining pool of old white guys who want to make America “great” again. Z’ers will probably be even more immersed in technology (unless President Trump causes a global economic collapse and we have to revive the Pony Express). Between rising sea-levels and China repossessing the United States treasury, they will have plenty of issues to bring them together. We can hope that by then that whatever wave of feminism that’s happening is just tweaking the finer details of gender equality and expression. In 2026, Cozy will be 12 and I can imagine her doing a report for a 7th grade class about how her father used to have to explain what feminism was and why it was ever needed.
The Who played here in Portland last night and when they played their anthem, “My Generation,” I have to think 72-year-old Roger Daltrey grimaced a bit when he sang, “I hope I die before I get old.” But whatever your generation is, you’re going to have to stick around that long to figure what it all meant.
Farewell to my Good Wife
May 4, 2016 May 4, 2016 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 2 Comments
Alicia Florrick, I can’t be ready for court without you.
As a feminist sociologist, I’ve lectured for decades now on the problematic world of television. It’s easily dissected as a tool of patriarchal social control, with the camera lens as a metaphor for the male gaze. As a kid who grew up on incredibly messed-up shows, like Three’s Company, there is plenty to talk about. And don’t get me started on the commercials that still run during daytime soaps. In this blog I’ve taken on current fare like The Bachelor and the short-lived NBC show, The Island. The Miss America beauty contest is still coming to a network near you.
But something has been happening since the days of jiggle TV.
Some of you know I have a toe in the Hollywood pool (more like a cuticle at this point), and it is evident that the “old boy network” that ran the town is caving in. There are more women writers, directors, and producers each year. According to Variety, women now make up 23% of executive producers in TV Land. Variety reports that shows with at least one female executive producer have significantly more female characters. Add to that the long-held knowledge that women watch more TV than men and now we have some programming that would have been hard to imagine when the best thing females had was Charlie’s Angels. Have you seen the Reddit discussions on Comedy Central’s Broad City? It’s off the feminist hook!
One of those shows is CBS’ The Good Wife that, sadly, ends its seven-season run on Sunday. I’ll be stuck in front of the TV begging Alicia to run away with Jason into a spin-off where they fight crime on the streets of Chicago. The Good Sex Partners.
The Good Wife hit the airwaves in 2009. I was oblivious. CBS seems to have a lot procedural crime shows that people love, but I just don’t have the time for. You’d think as a criminologist, I’d be all over CSI: Toledo, or whatever it’s called. But I kept seeing the show win awards and my curiosity started to ask, “What’s up with this good wife?” I’d see the show’s star, Julianna Marguiles (who is roughly my age), at numerous awards events, like the Golden Globes, making speeches about women finding new roles in television and I was reminded that this was something I cared about.
So when Andrea and I got pregnant during the 2013 holidays (well, I had something to do with it), I decided we had the perfect opportunity to play America’s new favorite game, binge-watching. It was time to enter the complicated world of one very smart and funny lawyer. While we waited for Cozy to arrive, we burned through several seasons of the show that follows the adventures of defense attorney Alicia Florrick and her legal compadres in a twenty-first century version of Perry Mason. It was clear that the title of the show, The Good Wife, was an ironic one. She performed the role of the good wife to her philandering husband because it served her own interests. Needless to say, we were hooked. How could a network show be this well-written? One more episode.
As a criminologist, I could have written lectures about crime and the law from these episodes. Topics like the problems of forensic science and eye-witness testimony, institutional racism, intellectual property rights, and the corrosive impact of incarceration were presented by writers who knew the research. Intelligent topics for people looking for something a little deeper than Teen Mom 3. The shows were often “ripped from the headlines.” Even though I was enjoying my paternity leave from Portland State, I was looking forward to bringing Florrick and associates back into my classroom.
Now that Andrea works at a law firm in Portland, it was fun to compare her daily dramas to the nighttime dramas CBS provided. Much law work is really just paperwork. Very few cases ever make it before a judge and especially before a jury. But each case has its own human story about how we manage to exist in such a complex society. Turning that into something that’s actually compelling viewing is the result of some insanely talented people whose names I will probably never know.
As a feminist, there was so much to unpack and debate about this show. For once, a show built around a woman who refused to bend to the will of the men in the cast because she was female. Julanna Margulies played the role with great pathos, including Alicia’s need for another glass of wine or a sexual diversion with her law school sweetheart, Will Gardner. We got to see the world through her lens and it was eye-opening. And she wasn’t the only ferocious female in the cast. Women representing a wide range of ages and skin tones created the type of intersectionality that’s often absent when the the focus is just on gender politics.
There are a ton of essays debating feminism on The Good Wife (just click on this word, Google). But the proof is in the pudding. When Margulies says young women regularly tell her that they are going to law school because of the show we know that television can change power structures. An army of female attorneys with an affinity for red wine and lovers on the side is nothing to be trifled with. Like how female TV producers have changed the portrayal of women and girls in media, they will change the very institutions that have worked against the interests of the feminine half of our country. Throw a female president into the mix, and we may hit a critical turning point.
TV shows come and go. I’ve leaned not to get too hung up on their passing. (I still remember bawling my eyes out after the last episode of M*A*S*H.) But Sunday nights at 9 pm have become important, especially for a lot of women of my generation. They, and their daughters, benefit from something that looks like a grown-up version of the Romper Room mirror. “I see Alicia, and Kalinda, and Diane and Lucca and a world where women are full players in the game.”
And if you’ve never seen an episode of The Good Wife, I have two words for you; binge watch.
A Zombie Ate My Baby! Social anxiety and the Walking Dead
March 28, 2016 March 31, 2016 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 3 Comments
As we all get ready for next week’s season finale of The Walking Dead it is understandable that our collective thoughts turn to zombies. I’ve loved the zombie genre ever since I saw the low-budget 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. It was at a midnight movie in Stone Mountain when I was 13 and I didn’t sleep all night. But as a parent, my consumption of zombie media has changed a bit. After the last Walking Dead episode I had a flash of stepping into the nursery and seeing a ravenous walker chomping on my daughter. Cozy had a look on her face that just said, “Daddy help me.” The horror. And if you know anything about the undead then you know by that point it’s just too late.
Let me point out before I go any further that there is no such thing as a zombie. Sure there are some people wacked out on bath salts or haunting 80s dance nights that might seem like they are zombies. And of course there are kids who “die” on the operating table and their parents convince them they went to heaven and should write a book that might technically be zombies for a moment. But other than some meth head that thinks your arm is a corndog, there are no zombies. So don’t waste a second worrying about World War Z.
But the question remains; What is up with zombie-mania? And is there a feminist take on it? We’ve got movies, TV shows, video-games and comic books. You can buy zombie toys, costumes, t-shirts and even doorstops. We’ve gone zombie crazy! Are we hoping for the zombie apocalypse as a preferable alternative to a Trump presidency? Or is it perhaps an excuse to unleash our inner Rick Grimes and kill at will? What’s the appeal?
Not surprisingly a “sociology of zombies,” has been around for awhile. I would recommend Todd Platt’s “Locating Zombies in the Sociology of Popular Culture” (2013) for a recent overview. Usually, the explanation is rooted in some type of social anxiety, whether it was the Cold War and the fear of a nuclear apocalypse or now, in a post-9/11 world, it is a fear of the collapse of western society. We play out these “What If?” scenarios and imagine how we would respond when the shit hits the fan for real. Would we recreate a new authoritarian hierarchy, form a collectivist team response, or just devolve into every man for himself? (Women and children don’t usually fit anywhere in that last one, at least not in a good way.)
One of my right-wing pals told me yesterday that we don’t need illegal immigrants. And I said, “Who is gonna pick your food?” His response was that there was a time in America when most Americans worked on farms. I said, “Yeah, maybe 1816. In 2016 kids don’t even know what a fucking tomato looks like.” Face it, most of what we eat is processed. After your Kroger gets looted, next on the menu is your family pet. We would not do well in an apocalyptic setting where the food delivery app on your phone stops working.
So maybe the zombie thing is a reflection of our fear that society could collapse at any moment and we would be tested on our social survival skills. It seems like we are perpetually on the verge of the big flame out. Would you just blow your brains out or “man up” to fight the undead? Ah, there is a little clue to another explanation.
I was in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program and my little brother was a sweet kid who had a touch of the developmental disability. He loved video games and taught me how to play Halo (which I found infinitely boring). His big fantasy was a zombie apocalypse so he could kill thousands of zombies. He would go into great detail of how he would shoot them, behead them, and set them on fire. It became clear that the zombies were stand-ins for all the people in his life who he wanted to dispatch with a sharp blade or a shotgun blast. He had a whole list of people he dreamed about killing.
In war movies, we don’t kill human beings. They are nips, gerrys, gooks, and hajis. In Westerns it’s savages. Science fiction body counts are aliens and robots. And in zombie shows, films, and games it is the undead. Each one a less-human than human enemy that we have permission to kill. For its time it is the act of dehumanization that allows us to vent our violent bloodlust against those who threaten our world somehow. Indians and Muslims and Zombies, the infected. Much was written about how the westerns of the 1960s used Native Americans as stand-ins for African Americans who threatened whites living on the urban frontier. Guns and blades allow us to re-establish the white male order over the chaos of the “diseased” other. And if we can bring a few women and people of color (and Michonne) along, all the better.
If you watch The Walking Dead, you know (and probably love) the character Daryl Dixon, played perfectly by Boondog Saint Norman Reedus. I’ll admit I have a man crush in Daryl and would give anything if my hair could be that greasy (without my under-carriage being equally rank). And here’s why. Daryl is the iconic strong silent type and on a steel horse he rides. He’s best on his own. He doesn’t talk about his feelings or much of anything. He squints and kills in a primal way. He is Clint Eastwood in the the first 20 minutes of High Plains Drifter (1973). He is everything that is right about a film or show set in an apocalypse. He is also everything that is wrong with masculinity in our culture. (And Norman Reedus is absolutely nothing like this fictional character.)
In the real world, men don’t need to kill, abandon the group (Oh, there goes Daryl again.) and keep their emotions buried deep behind their “I don’t give a fuck about you” (sultry) eyes. I love Daryl because he is who I was told I was supposed to be when I was a boy. I used to practice squinting like Clint Eastwood when I was a kid. I tried to be silent and menacing. It sucked (or I sucked at it). That way is pain and loneliness. Feminism gave me permission to be a human instead of a cartoon character male. I don’t want to ride into the sunset. I want to hang out with my friends and family. No slaughter necessary.
The same right-wing friend asked me what I would do if some guy called my wife a “cunt.” I told him I’d tell the guy that vaginas are awesome and probably let my wife take it from there. He (and a very confused female friend) were horrified. How could I not immediately respond with violence? What would Daryl do?
I will continue to be a zombie fan. I live for the post-episode discussions of The Walking Dead on reddit. TWD fans are brilliant and clever and can find humor in deep meaning in the handle of Carl’s gun. (Oh, Carl.) I just wonder how much of the appeal is based on the push to use of violence against those who would challenge the existing order. Maybe I should be rooting for the walkers. Just don’t eat my baby!
NBC’s The Island – The Myth of Punch-You-In-The-Face Manhood
May 26, 2015 May 27, 2015 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 3 Comments
Well, I was working on a blogpost on baby brain development last night when, for some reason, I started watching this new NBC show, The Island, and my own brain exploded. What is this shit? asked my baby brain. Oh, it’s the latest backlash programming, said my feminist brain.
If you haven’t seen the set up, apparently “manhood is in crisis” (Here we go again) and the solution is for survivalist Bear Gryllis to take 14 “American men” to a deserted island in the Pacific with cameras and not much else and say “Good luck, boys.” The lead-up shows how unmanly American society as made these once proud Ninja warriors. Technology and women have stolen their “survival instinct.” One is a 28-year-old attorney who sheepishly admits that his survival tool is Google. In the bunch is a 43-year-old stay-at-home dad who worries he’s “gotten soft.” What a bunch of wussies! Welcome to the jungle, baby. You’re gonna die.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the basis of Robert Bly’s 1991 book, Iron John, and the subsequent “Men’s Movement” that followed. Supposedly, modern society has turned once mighty men into a race of simpering mama’s boys who need to reclaim their “inner king” by finding their “deep masculinity.” In the 1990s, feminists like Susan Faludi and Michael Kimmel observed how this was just a lot of hooey in the service of restoring patriarchy after modern feminists put tiny ding in its door. The rise of the pink collar workforce and sexual harassment suits could be countered “real men” running through the woods with mud on their faces, rescuing their warrior within.
I remember the appeal of this thinking when I was young. In 1980, I was 16-years-old and, according to the TV, America was being held hostage. Actually, it was just 52 Americans who were being held hostage by some radical Iranian students. One of those hostages, Col. Charles Scott, was from my hometown. President Carter sent in a Delta Force rescue team on April 24th on a mission called Operation Eagle Claw, but sand got into the rotor blades and the helicopters crashed in the Iranian desert. Eight servicemen were killed. You would have thought that Jimmy Carter, a liberal Democrat, had caused the crash himself.
Into this void stepped Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan. While not a military veteran (unlike Carter), he had played a war hero in movies and that was good enough for us. Reagan the Cowboy promised to “reclaim American greatness” (like back when we slaughtered the Indians) and knock the shit out of anybody who pushed us around, unlike that pansy peanut farmer. I was in the bag. Bye-bye Jimmy. Reagan got America’s dick hard and he won in a landslide. On his inauguration day, the hostages were released, as if just the presence of Reagan near the Oval Office made those nasty Iranians back down. (I should point out that by 1982 I was regularly wearing a “Reagan Hates Me” T-shirt and now have pissing on his grave on my bucket list.)
So we’re seeing this reactionary impulse all over again. In a world of gay marriage and metrosexual body waxing, comes another fake “crisis of manhood.” And shows like The Island are meant to “fix” men by turning them loose in the wilderness. But these people don’t know much about gender. They reduce it to biology and cherry pick cartoonish moments from history to back up their claim of the essentialness of a masculinity that is (somehow) differentiated from femininity. Kimmel and Michael Kaufman commented on it in 1995 by writing:
Bly and others wander through anthropological literature like post-modern tourists, as if the world’s cultures were an enormous shopping mall filled with ritual boutiques. After trying them on, they take several home to make an interesting outfit – part Asian, part African, part Native American… All totally decontextualized.
Men don’t need to separate from the feminine to become better men. Evidence shows that way leads to war and suffering. The men in prison that I study do that. We call it toxic masculinity and it ain’t good. I don’t want my daughter living in a world where this mythology of warrior men still is embraced. Recent evidence has revealed that half the Viking warriors were female. This silly cartoon of “cavemen” clubbing their cavewomen over the head to have cave sex (now, rebranded as “rape” by those ball-busting feminists) is a grand lie men tell each other and women. Hunting and gathering societies were a lot more gathering than hunting and evidence shows us that both tasks were split evenly among gender lines.
So what is the value of The Island? There’s a 25-year old radio producer who screams at everyone to “Man up!” or he will punch them in the face (that’s his cool picture to the left). There’s a 50-year-old military guy who wants to name the band of brothers, “The Conquistadors” (a group that knew something about rape, murder, and slavery), and a variety of others who are struggling to hold on to their masculinity while their women receive marching orders from Hilary Clinton’s underground lair. It would be almost comical if it didn’t reinforce the single biggest piece of human bullshit ever told, that men and women are “opposite” sexes.
But maybe we’ll find these guys rejecting the refuge of this bogus idea of masculinity. Mr. I’m Going To Punch You In The Face was taken off the island after the first episode when his little tantrum bit him on the ass and his male body shut down. Maybe for every snake they kill, they’ll have two conversations about their true emotional selves. Maybe one, instead of saying he was wounded by his father leaving the nest (as Bly contends), will say he was saved from being raised by an asshole. And maybe, when they are on their last drop of fresh water and crying out their children’s names, they’ll be rescued by some badass Amazon women who live on the next isla.
I’m just tired of the notion that there is a singular definition of masculinity and a set of rules for “real” men. That’s not an idea of gender that helps my daughter succeed. If you want to be a real man, put down your machete and your war paint and listen to a woman. For a change. You can’t “survive” without women. Monday nights are “Reclaim the Phony Masculine” on NBC, I guess. American Ninja Warriors (Don’t get me started on that one) and The Island. Where are Cagney & Lacy when you need them?
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line857
|
__label__wiki
| 0.560205
| 0.560205
|
Tag Archives: 9You
Carlyle Group, Entertainment, Funding, Games, Internet, Investments, IPO, Mobile, Money, Multimedia, Music, Social Networking, Software, Technology, Temasek Holdings, Venture Capital, video, Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0
Gaming is hot in China; 9You raised $100M, talks IPO
After reporting on SpinVox’s massive $100M round of funding it seems there is more to come within the same money range – this time from mainland China.
9You, a Chinese online games operator, has received $100 million in equity investment from Temasek Holdings, among other investors. Well, any time someone talks $100M funding rounds the IPO plans are not that far away in the future. The company says is planning an IPO later this year. The investment was said is to the company to continue transforming its business into an entertainment virtual community. The investment came after 9You’s launch of GTown, a virtual world integrating 9You’s existing online games.
Founded in 2003, 9You is currently operating one of China’s most popular online casual games Audition. By February 2008, the company’s games combined have more than 1 million peak concurrent users. The company claims it has reached over 120M registered users in 2006.
It was hard for us to dig some more public information about the deal. Most of the information came from Redline China, which is operated by Pearl Research a San Francisco based business intelligence and consultancy firm.
More about 9You
Nineyou (www.9you.com) (Shanghai Everstar Online Entertainment Co .Ltd.) is the global’s biggest music online game operator, China’s biggest casual game operator, one of biggest interactive entertainment portal sites in China, which is the first to integrate online game services (MMORPG, massive and medium size casual games, mobile game, etc.), fashional digital entertainment contents, a variety of chatting and community services equipped with Avatar System, wireless value-added services and other premiere services to the Chinese language internet users all over the world. With its wide-coverage for all major types of user needs related with digital entertainment service, the 9you.com represents the latest service style and the newest trend for the digital entertainment provider business in China Market. A series of awards and ranking are obtained by 9you.com in 2005 which include Top 10 Online Game Operator in China, and Top 10 Online Game Developer in China, the Cool Company, Shanghai First-class Service Brand in Information Service Industry, etc.
The major investors in Nineyou are several leading international venture capital funds, including the Carlyle Group, which is the world’s largest private investment group, China Merchant Fortune Ventures, and Dragon Groove Inc. who has the background as international strategic investor.
As an integrated service platform for all types of interactive entertainment services, the major business objective of the 9you.com is to bring the best, fastest, all-covered and coolest digital entertainment services to its subscribers of a wide range of ages, including the hard-cored and the light users, male and female users. As of May 2006, the number of total registered users has reached 120 million and the number of the peak concurrent users has reached 800 thousand.
The 9you.com are providing more digital entertainment products in year 2006 and the number of products and types of services will be the No.1 in the whole China Online Game Service industry in the foreseeable future.
More about Temasek Holdings
Temasek Holdings is an Asia investment house headquartered in Singapore.
With a multinational staff of more than 300 people, we manage a portfolio of over S$160 billion, or more than US$100 billion, focused primarily in Asia. We are committed to fostering a sustainable future for our shareholder, staff, portfolio companies and
the community.
We are an active shareholder and investor in diverse industry sectors such as banking & financial services, real estate, transportation & logistics, infrastructure, telecommunications & media, bioscience & healthcare, education, consumer & lifestyle, engineering & technology, as well as energy & resources.
Our total shareholder return since our inception is more than 18% compounded annually. We have a corporate credit rating of AAA/Aaa by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s respectively.
In 2008, The Economist reported that Morgan Stanley had estimated the fund’s assets at US$159.2 billion
http://www.9you.com/
http://mashable.com/2008/03/21/9you-funding/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-chinese-gaming-site-9you-receives-100-million-investment/
http://www.redlinechina.com/main/?q=node/740
http://www.temasekholdings.com.sg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temasek_Holdings
9YouChinaGTownIPOonline gamesTemasek Holdingsvirtual communityvirtual world
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line859
|
__label__wiki
| 0.621942
| 0.621942
|
Gulliver (building)
Cinema (Elaine Paige album)
Cinema (Andrea Bocelli album)
Cinema (band)
Continental may refer to:
Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona
Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, Ohio
Continental (album), an album by Saint Etienne
Continental (brand), a brand of foods used by Unilever in Australia
Continental (card game), a rummy-style card game
Continental (currency), paper money issued by the US government during the American Revolution
Continental (film), a 2013 film
a group in the Sri Lankan grading system for the cinnamon quills
Continental AG, a Germany-based automotive parts and technologies manufacturer
Continental Airlines, a former U.S.-based airline
Continental Electronics (est. 1946), a United States radio transmitter manufacturer
Continental Motors, Inc., a Chinese-owned manufacturer of aircraft engines
Continental Records
Grupo Continental (Honduras), a group of companies in Honduras
ContiGroup Companies or Continental Grain
Automobile companies
Continental Automobile Manufacturing Company, a defunct American automobile manufacturer in New Haven, CT (1907-1908)
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Continental
Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Russian German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936. Later, German climatologist Rudolf Geiger collaborated with Köppen on changes to the classification system, which is thus sometimes referred to as the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system.
In the 1960s the Trewartha climate classification system was considered a modified Köppen system that addressed some of the deficiencies (mostly that the middle latitude climate zone was too broad) of the Köppen system.
The system is based on the concept that native vegetation is the best expression of climate. Thus, climate zone boundaries have been selected with vegetation distribution in mind. It combines average annual and monthly temperatures and precipitation, and the seasonality of precipitation.
The Köppen climate classification scheme divides climates into five main groups (A, B, C, D, E), each having several types and subtypes. Each particular climate type is represented by a two- to four-letter symbol.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Köppen_climate_classification
The Gulliver mixed-use (Ukrainian: Офісно-торгово-розважальний центр «Еспланада») is a 35-story mixed-use building in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is located at the very centre of the city near Palats Sportu metro station (municipal address: 1, Sportyvna Sq). It is the highest office building in Kiev and is the second highest building in the country.
List of tallest buildings in Europe
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Gulliver_(building)
Cinema is the fourth solo album by Elaine Paige. The album was released in 1984 on Warner Music, peaking at #12 in the UK album charts. This album has been re-issued on CD. It was the second of Paige's recordings to be produced by Tony Visconti. To follow the theme of Stages, Paige chose tracks that had been previously recorded for soundtracks. Like Stages, the recording was primarily conducted at Visconti's Good Earth Studios, other than for "Sometimes" (Theme from Champions) which had been previously recorded at CTS Studios, London featuring the New World Philharmonia.
Out-Takes
In 2014, Rhino UK released on the compilation album Elaine Paige - The Ultimate Collection the out-take "What A Feeling" (from the musical 'Flashdance') which was originally recorded as part of the 'Cinema' album sessions.
"The Windmills of Your Mind" - 3.15 (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
"Out Here On My Own" - 3.50 (Lesley Gore, Michael Gore)
"Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)" - 4.30 (Karen Lawrence, John Desautels)
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Cinema_(Elaine_Paige_album)
Cinema is the fifteenth studio album by Italian classical tenor recording artist Andrea Bocelli.
The album featuring renditions of classic film soundtracks and scores, was released on October 23, 2015 through Sugar Music and Universal Music Group.
The album was produced by David Foster, Humberto Gatica, and Tony Renis who also worked together on Bocelli's Amore in 2006.
Bocelli said of Cinema: "With the album ‘Cinema,’ I’m fulfilling a wish that I’ve harboured for decades. I’ve never made a secret of my dream of bringing to life a recording project associated with soundtracks, as I truly believe that it’s an exceptional artistic treasure trove."
Commercial performance
Cinema entered the Official UK Albums Chart at No. 3, behind 5 Seconds of Summer's Sounds Good Feels Good and Bryan Adams's Get Up!. The tally was Bocelli's highest UK chart position in over a decade, since 2001’s Cieli di Toscana, and his tenth Top 10 album on the UK pop charts, a record for a classical music artist.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Cinema_(Andrea_Bocelli_album)
Cinema was a short-lived progressive rock band started in January 1982 by former Yes members Alan White and Chris Squire, with guitarist Trevor Rabin. The previous year, Squire and White had formed the abortive band XYZ with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. Cinema had plans to release their debut album in 1983, and were working on a number of songs, most of which had been written by Rabin.
Later, these musicians were joined by keyboardist Tony Kaye and, eventually, Jon Anderson, both founding members of the then-disbanded Yes. They started recording the album 90125, but soon after this the band dropped the "Cinema" name, and continued as "Yes".
Demos produced from the Cinema sessions included "Make It Easy" and "It's Over", with lead vocals by Rabin, and an early version of "It Can Happen" featuring Squire on vocals. The tracks appeared on 1991's Yesyears boxed set compilation, and were later included as bonus tracks on the remastered version of 90125 released in 2004 by Rhino Records.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Cinema_(band)
continentalcinema.com
cinemafrancaise.com
atthecinema.org
bolshoicinema.com
french-cinema.com
onlinerussiancinema.com
russiancinemaonline.com
cinemafanatic.com
koreancinema.org
cinefinance.com
berlinalecinema.net
orangecountycinema.com
topbollywoodcinema.com
cinenews.com
cinemalaw.net
cineleasing.com
passionateaboutcinema.com
electriccinema.org
africaintercontinental.com
continentalleasing.org
Latest News for: Continental cinema
Australian who killed, assaulted women gets long prison term
Yahoo Daily News 23 Dec 2020
Read full article. 23 December 2020, 9.07 am·2-min read ... The sentence was greeted with applause from the public gallery including victim's relatives ... Police started investigating him and extracted his DNA from a soda bottle he'd left in a cinema. TRENDING ... Telugu Star Allu Arjun Spotted Riding a Bentley Continental GT Worth Rs 3.29 Crore ... ....
French actor Michel Piccoli, art-house star, is dead at 94
The Los Angeles Times 19 May 2020
PARIS — ... He was 94. His family confirmed to French media Monday that he died last week but did not give a cause of death. Though less famous in the English-speaking world, Piccoli was a stalwart of art-house cinema in continental Europe and his native France ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... Piccoli was married three times ... ObituariesMovies ... Times....
Why Global Theatrical Windows May Emerge Stronger After COVID-19
The Hollywood Reporter 13 May 2020
... unveiled a proposal to reopen its British cinemas by July 4, following similar moves by theaters across selected territories in continental Europe — many are questioning the logic of theatrical windowing, arguing the shift to online or all-platform releases is inevitable....
Circus Of Horrors:
Ents24 18 Mar 2020
MUSIC DEALS Arrival - The Hits of ABBA (Scunthorpe) - �10 off a pair ... Greenwich Music Time ... Mixtape ft ... Continental Circus Berlin - 2 for 1. Secret Cinema Presents Dirty Dancing - 25% off....
Tell us about a hidden spot in Europe for the chance to win £200 towards ...
The Guardian 26 Feb 2020
... and cinemas you get the picture. We are not including the UK this time, but anywhere in continental Europe and Ireland is fine....
Tell us about a hidden spot in Europe for the chance to win £200 towards a UK/Europe stay
The Observer 26 Feb 2020
Please let us know about trips to places not widely known to visitors – boat rides to quiet islands, local theatres and cinemas … you get the picture ... in continental Europe and Ireland is fine....
Top 10 Stories of 2019: A New Vision for Somerset Emerges
Commonwealth Journal 26 Dec 2019
Alan Keck was elected mayor of Somerset in November of 2018 ... 1 ... 2 ... Throughout the year, SPEDA went about other business on its mission of developing Pulaski County, including talking about the Virginia Cinema, a possible ag expo, land and tool auction, working to get Continental Refinery back up and running, and a canopy for the judicial plaza stage ... ....
From Kodi Ramakrishna to Gollapudi Maruti Rao, 10 notable Telugu/Tollywood celebs, who died in 2019
International Business Times 16 Dec 2019
Starting off as a lecturer in a government college, the 62-year-old actor went on to his par excellence in radio, theatre, cinema and TV ... Vijaya Nirmala died of a heart attack at the age of 73 in Hyderabad at Continental hospital, Gachibowli on 27 June 2019. She entered cinema at ......
Why Some European Blockbusters Won’t Hit U.S. Screens
Variety 05 Dec 2019
With Germany and the rest of continental Europe swooning through ......
Houston County health scores, Sept. 30-Oct. 4
Dothan Eagle 25 Oct 2019
Here are the health scores for food and lodging establishments Sept. 30-Oct. 4 as provided by the Houston County Health Department. A score of 1 means the establishment is new and has not been scored yet or is a food processor that does not get a score ... Continental Cinema Drive-in, 14200 Highway 84 W., Newton, 10/4/2019, 97, Food Service Establishment....
Summer box office: UK, US bounce back after dire first quarter
Screen Daily 20 Aug 2019
In Continental Europe, where World Cup football and a freak heatwave created challenging conditions for cinemas over summer 2018, there has likewise been a major recovery ... “Never underestimate the power of cinema to surprise you, or bite you on the arse,” comments Tom Linay, content business director at Digital Cinema Media....
Fresh off the boat in SoBo
Mid Day 23 Jul 2019
It's the little things that matter. And if you can throw a bit of imagination into the mix, it can make all the difference ... Opening its doors today, Hoppumm's 2.0 version is located in the Cambata Building that also housed the now-shut Eros Cinema at Churchgate, and which earlier had a Continental eatery called Crave ... Egg chilli cheese spinach hopper....
Vijaya Nirmala: 10 Interesting Facts About the Late Director
News18 27 Jun 2019
... in Telugu cinema, passed away on Thursday, June 27 at the Continental Hospital in Gachibowli, Hyderabad....
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line862
|
__label__wiki
| 0.644849
| 0.644849
|
Ed Ferrara
Oklahoma i/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/ (Cherokee: Asgaya gigageyi / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎩᎦᎨᏱ; or translated ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎹ (òɡàlàhoma), Pawnee: Uukuhuúwa,Cayuga: Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state located in the South Central United States. Oklahoma is the 20th most extensive and the 28th most populous of the 50 United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State, in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on the choicest pieces of land prior to the official opening date, and the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which opened the door for white settlement in America's Indian Territory. The name was settled upon statehood, Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged and Indian was dropped from the name. On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state to enter the union. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, or informally "Okies", and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Oklahoma
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box-office smash and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Academy Award-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma! in 1944.
This musical, building on the innovations of the earlier Show Boat, epitomized the development of the "book musical", a musical play where the songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that are able to evoke genuine emotions other than laughter. In addition, Oklahoma! features musical themes, or motifs, that recur throughout the work to connect the music and story. A fifteen-minute "dream ballet" reflects Laurey's struggle with her feelings about two men, Curley and Jud.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Oklahoma!
Edward "Ed" Ferrara (born November 22, 1966) is a former professional wrestling booker and agent for the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, often alongside Vince Russo. In WCW, he portrayed the character "Oklahoma", a mockery of WWF's commentator Jim Ross, and was the heaviest WCW Cruiserweight Champion, although he was forced to vacate the title for exceeding the 220 lb weight limit. Ed Ferrara began his work in television production and writing, contributing to shows such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show and Weird Science on the USA Network. Ferrara was also a wrestler in Slammers Wrestling Federation known as Bruce Beaudine. He was most recently working on the creative team for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Ferrara graduated from Drew University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts and English.
Between 1994 to 1996, Ferrara was trained and wrestled in the California based independent promotion - Slammers Wrestling Federation. Ferrara worked under the ring name of Bruce Beaudine and on April 11 1996 he won the SWF heavyweight championship.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Ed_Ferrara
Radio Stations - Oklahoma
Oklahoma released: 1977
One More Round
Whatcha Treatin' Me So Bad For?
Together Now
Piece of My Life
Love You Tonight
Ain't It Sad
hongkongradio.com
southasiaradio.com
radiostation.org
radiooklahomacity.com
radiooklahoma.com
magicaradio.com
radiorap.com
canadaradionews.com
radiozimbabwe.com
radioparis.com
haitiradio.org
radioutah.com
baghdadradio.com
radiojazz.com
radio78.net
antiguaradio.com
omanradio.com
chinaradionews.com
zambiaradio.com
nationalradioplay.net
Latest News for: Oklahoma radio
Patrick Mahomes vs. Baker Mayfield Take 2 won’t eclipse their epic 2016 college showdown
The Los Angeles Times 15 Jan 2021
In was then, on a balmy night in Lubbock, Texas, that Oklahoma’s Mayfield and Texas Tech’s Mahomes squared off in one of the wildest games in college football history ... Oklahoma won in regulation, 66-59, and the game came down to who got the ball last ... Radio play-by-play announcer Toby Rowland....
How to watch Thunder vs. Bulls: Live stream, TV channel, game time, lineups
The Oklahoman 14 Jan 2021
Thunder vs. Bulls. When. 7 p.m. Friday. Where. Chesapeake Energy Arena. TV. Fox Sports Oklahoma (Cox 37/HD 722, DirecTV 675, U-verse 751/1751). Radio. WWLS 98.1 FM. Three things to know. • Former Thunder coach Billy Donovan will return to Oklahoma City for his first regular season game against the Thunder ... Mussatto is from Oklahoma City and lives in Norman ... ....
Black Oklahoma returns to the radio, now statewide on KOSU
The Norman Transcript 13 Jan 2021
Black Oklahoma radio show and podcast, following a hiatus in production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ... Black Oklahoma will hold a virtual press conference at 10 a.m ... “When I returned to Oklahoma after being away for 30 years, I started to do research on programming on radio and television about Black issues," Lansana said....
Time Warp, 1931: Cowboy band entertains on stage, radio during Scranton visit
Otto Gray and His Oklahoma Cowboys took over the airwaves of WQAN, Scranton Times Radio, when they stopped in the city for a week ... its start in Ripley, Oklahoma, in May 1925 when a group of fiddlers and Rough Rider Billy McGinty performed on a radio station in Bristow, Oklahoma....
Interurban co-founder Robert 'Rosser" Ross passes away
That launched a management company that’s developed numerous concepts across Oklahoma and into Texas in the four-plus decades that followed. ... The IU Sport Grill was a popular hangout in south Oklahoma City thanks to a series of radio advertisements ... [The Oklahoma Archives}....
Time Warp -- Cowboy band entertains on stage and radio during Scranton visit
Jan. 13—Feb. 2 to 7, 1931. Otto Gray and His Oklahoma Cowboys took over the airwaves of WQAN, Scranton Times Radio, when they stopped in the city for a week. The band was booked as the headliner at the Ritz ... ....
Notebook: KU freshman Bryce Thompson gets injured in first game back against OSU
Lawrence Journal World 13 Jan 2021
Kansas freshman Bryce Thompson returned to action during Tuesday’s 75-70 loss at Oklahoma State after missing three games with a back injury. During his pregame radio interview with Brian Hanni, KU coach Bill Self said that Thompson was available but that he did not know whether Kansas would use him....
OKC Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Lineups, tip-off time, how to watch
Thunder vs. Lakers. When. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Where. Chesapeake Energy Arena. TV. Fox Sports Oklahoma (Cox 37/HD 722, DirecTV 675, U-verse 751/1751). Radio. WWLS 98.1 FM. Three things to know ... Schröder, who finished second for Sixth Man of the Year last season, is starting for the Lakers ... PROJECTED STARTERS ... NOTE ... Mussatto is from Oklahoma City and lives in Norman....
Carolyn Louise Kolb Colvin
The Ponca City News 12 Jan 2021
Carolyn was born on November 3, 1945 in Guthrie, Oklahoma to Lester William Kolb and Alma Dorine Kissner Kolb. She was raised on a farm between Red Rock and Marland, Oklahoma ... After high school, Carolyn attended Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. She was involved with the radio club and was a Mavette....
Iowa State-Kansas State men's basketball game postponed
Ames Tribune 12 Jan 2021
... for last Saturday’s 70-54 loss against Oklahoma State ... “I wish I could say it’s just 2020,” Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said on his pregame radio show before the Oklahoma State game, “but it’s a new year and we’re in 2021.”....
KU basketball vs. Oklahoma State: Lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures
The Wichita Eagle 12 Jan 2021
The details When/where. 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma. TV/radio. Big 12 Now on ESPN+; WHB (810 AM) Projected lineups P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG F 33 ... ....
Bill Self 'really disappointed' with one aspect of KU basketball's play
McPherson Sentinel 12 Jan 2021
Tuesday contest against Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla ... The Jayhawks (10-2, 4-1 Big 12) scored just five fast break points in last Saturday’s 63-59 victory over Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse, with the Sooners eclipsing that mark in the first half alone ... 6 KANSAS AT OKLAHOMA STATE ... TV/radio....
OKC Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs: Lineups, tip-off time, how to watch
Thunder vs. Spurs. When. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Where. Chesapeake Energy Arena. TV. Fox Sports Oklahoma (Cox 37/HD 722, DirecTV 675, U-verse 751/1751). Radio. WWLS 98.1 FM. Three things to know. • Gregg Popovich is in his 25th season as Spurs coach. He’s the only coach in NBA history to spend 25 years with one team ... Mussatto is from Oklahoma City and lives in Norman ... ....
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line863
|
__label__wiki
| 0.666863
| 0.666863
|
Home 2014 Events
Word Up – December
RICHARD GREENE is the author of four books of poetry. His collection Boxing the Compass won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry in 2010. George Elliott Clarke has compared Greene’s new volume Dante’s House to the work of Derek Walcott and described the long title-poem in terza rima as a “masterpiece” (Chronicle-Herald). Greene is also the author of an internationally acclaimed biography of Edith Sitwell, and is now writing an authorized biography of Graham Greene. He is a professor of English at the University of Toronto, and director of the MA in the Field of Creative Writing.
BRUCE MEYER is launching The Seasons in Barrie. Bruce Meyer is author of 44 books including the recent poetry collections The Obsession Book of Timbuktu, Testing the Elements, and The Seasons. He is professor of English at Georgian College and Visiting professor of Literature at Victoria College in the University of Toronto.
Word Up – November
RICARDO STERNGERG was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.He now resides in Toronto. Some Dance, his fourth collection, was published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in April of 2014.
Winner of the prestigious Trillium Book Award for Poetry and a member of the newly-formed McClelland & Stewart poetry board, ADAM SOL is a household name in Canadian poetry, having been praised for his “sly integrity”, “wise-ass charm” and “breathtaking insight”.
The City of Barrie’s newest Poet Laureate, DAMIAN LOPES has published three print books and two electronic works of poetry. He is currently completing his first book of fiction. A member of PEN Canada and a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, he was the founding chair of the Barrie Arts and Culture Council from 2008-2012.
Dead Poets
All were welcome to come read works by dead poets and authors! I’m dressing up like one too! Works of all kinds ~ poetry, spoken word, music lyrics (music) and fiction are encouraged.
Word Up – Culture Days
DEEPAM WADDS, whose short stories and poetry have appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.
ESTHER GRIFFIN teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at Georgian College in Barrie and works on the Poetry Editorial Board for PRISM International. Esther’s work has appeared in Geist Magazine’s Memories of Vancouver festival and The League of Canadian Poets’ 2013 celebration of National Poetry Month, as well as various anthologies.
LINDA LAFORGE, science fiction author and visual artist will read from her novel. LindaLaforge-author.com
PLUS! A surprise guest, to be announced!
Word Up – September
JULIANNE SNOW – author of “Days with the Undead” – Classically trained in all the ways to fight the Undead, Julianne Snow turned her talents to words, writing in the realms of speculative fiction. Her roots go deep into horror, but that doesn’t stop her from going where the story takes her.
Word Up – July
ANDREA MURRAY is well known for her comedic performances and is now gaining significance with her poems. Writing poetry for the last twenty years, she has been described as a modern day Rumi, evoking deep emotions and insight through her writings.
BRUCE HUNTER is a essayist, poet, short story writer and novelist. His Two O’clock Creek – Poems New and Selected won the 2011 Acorn-Plantos People’s Poetry Award. His novel, In the Bear’s House, about a young deaf boy who finds love and redemption on historic Kootenay Plains, won the 2009 Canadian Rockies Award at the Banff Mountain Book Festival.
LAURENCE HUTCHMAN has published ten books, including Emery Beyond Borders, Selected poems, Reading the Water, In the Writers’ Words.This fall Black Moss will publish his next book of poems “Personal Encounters.” He lives with his partner, Eva Kolacz, the artist in Oakville.
TOBIAS C. HAMILTON is 18 years old and just published his first book of poems in his native city of London, England. His work is a deep reflection of emotion and his experience of life, love, and pain as well as his thoughts on the planet and its economics. This is his first public reading and Barrie welcomes him.
Word Up – June
We had a diverse group of talented people coming out!
DEEPAM WADDS is a therapist and short story writer from Orillia.
LINDA LAFORGE is a Barrie artist and novelist and founder of Word Up.
JEREMY JOHNSTON is author of two chapbooks, a recent graduate of Laurentian in Barrie, and will be attending the University of Windsor’s MA program in September.
AARON REYNOLDS is a Barrie author of short fiction and a contributing editor to PIE magazine. He’s also one of the organizers of Word Up.
ELIZABETH MORLEY is a retired Anglican Church minister and is currently producing her first poetry chapbook.
SHANE DENNIS is a leader in community social projects in Barrie, a musician, and a performance poet. He is also the owner of Unity Cafe.
JAMES TANNER teaches at Georgian College and is a short story writer and a hockey blogger who has published in Sports Illustrated.
JAMES GRAY is a recent graduate of the Laurentian Barrie program and is a science fiction/fantasy writer who has studied his craft in England with major fantasy authors.
GLENN WEATHERALL is a familiar face on both the Barrie literary scene and at the Barrie farmer’s market. He is a farmer and inventor.
BRUCE MEYER, the MC for the evening, is the Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie and author of 40 published books.
With thanks to our partners
Our ZOOM Sponsor
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line866
|
__label__wiki
| 0.801258
| 0.801258
|
Rare Ottoman tombak, chain-mail auctioned in London / PHOTO
An elegant sixteenth-century gilt-copper flask and a fifteenth-century chain-mail coat was put on auction in London on October 7.
03 Ekim 2009 Cumartesi 18:14
Rare fine works from Islamic heritage, an elegant sixteenth-century gilt-copper flask and a fifteenth-century chain-mail coat was put on auction in London on October 7.
The auction included also art works from Iran and India.
Sotheby's held the auction in its central London saleroom on New Bond Street.
From Iran a magnificent portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar, attributable to the court artist Mihr 'Ali, leads the highlights of the sale.
From Mughal India an important sixteenth/seventeenth-century jade drinking cup bearing the royal coat-of-arms of Navarre and France, comes from the collection of the late Edmund L. de Rothschild, Sotheby's said on website.
From Ottoman Turkey an elegant sixteenth-century gilt-copper (tombak) flask and a fifteenth-century chain-mail coat are amongst a distinguished group of arms and armour.
In the manuscript section, an early copy of the Arabic edition of Euclid's Elements and a Compendium of Treatises on Mathematics and Astronomy by the thirteenth-century polymath Nasir al-Din Tusi, are both works of outstanding academic interest which attest to the signal contribution of Muslim scholars to the advancement of scientific learning in the medieval period.
Nasir al-Din Tusi
Nasir al-Din Tusi was born in Tus east of Iran in the year 1201 and began his studies at an early age.
Nasir al-Din Tusi proposed the heliocentric model of the universe two hundred years before Copernicus. He created Pascal's Triangle three centuries before Pascal himself. He proposed the law of conservation of mass almost four hundred years before Lavoisier was even born. He theorized about "evolution by natural selection" over six hundred years before Darwin set sail on the Beagle.
He was also a poet, a philosopher, a statesman, a mathematician, an astronomer, a geographer, a biologist, a chemist, and a physicist.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line867
|
__label__wiki
| 0.627117
| 0.627117
|
Ultra-luxury cruises with private butler service.
+91 98300 53005 +1 910 233 0774 info@expeditionvoyages.in
SILVERSEA EXPEDITIONS
Northern Europe & British Isles
Transoceanic
Arctic and Greenland
American West Coast
Silver Galapagos
Silver Discoverer
+91 98300 53005 +1 910 233 0774
All Destinations Mediterranean Northern Europe & British Isles Africa & Indian Ocean Canada & New England Caribbean & Central America South America Transoceanic Alaska Antarctica Arctic and Greenland Asia Russian Far East Galapagos Islands Australia & New Zealand South Pacific Islands American West Coast
All Ships Silver Cloud Silver Explorer Silver Galapagos Silver Shadow Silver Spirit Silver Whisper Silver Wind Silver Discoverer Silver Muse Silver Moon Silver Origin
Broome to Darwin - Voyage Number : 7065
FROM US$ 12,000
ITINERARY & EXCURSIONS
FROM US$ 12000
Go beyond your boundaries and explore the world as never before.
Broome (Kimberley)
Click for detail
August 03 Tuesday
Depature: 16:00 PM
Traffic in the Broome Harbour (a very busy working harbour) is restricted, requiring special permits for all vehicles accessing the pier area. Guests are not permitted in this area on an individual basis. In order to make disembarkation as smooth as possible Silversea will be providing a group motorcoach transfer from the pier to the airport. This transfer will depart shortly after the ship is cleared. Exact timings will be communicated by the ship's staff.
Guests who do not wish to go to the airport immediately following disembarkation will be transferred to Pearl Luggers, located 10 - 15 minutes from the airport, where taxis are available for hire.
Yampi Sound, Kimberley, Western Australia
August 04 Wednesday
Arrive: 08:00 AM
Yampi Sound and the Buccaneer Archipelago are part of an area that includes several interesting geological features and will show rock layers wildly twisted and contorted into great folds. The area is rich in minerals and open-pit mines have operated on the islands and the mainland for several decades.
White-bellied Sea Eagles, Brahminy Kites, Ospreys, Common Sandpipers and Eastern Reef Egrets show that the area is rich in fish life, which in turn is an attraction for bottlenose dolphins that come to feed in the early mornings.
Southwest of Cockatoo Island, within Yampi Sound, is Crocodile Creek, a hidden oasis tucked at the far end of a narrow bay lined with colourful orange cliffs of sandstone and mangrove trees and a nice waterfall and natural pool.
Raft Point
August 05 Thursday
Depature: 11:30 AM
At the southern end of Doubtful Bay and just south of Steep Island, Raft Point is a low headland that is home to indigenous Wandjina paintings. A hike through abundant Kimberley Flora including the iconic boab tree will head towards the top of Raft Point. There one can enjoy spectacular views of the bay in the shade of the overhanging cliff, which is home to the Wandjina Spirit. Many large and ancient wall paintings of Dreamtime stories and images representing daily aboriginal life can be seen.
Montgomery Reef
Arrive: 12:30 PM
Montgomery Reef, which is some 300 square kilometres in size, can show an amazing tidal change of up to 4 metres. When the tide drops, the reef seems to rise out of the water. At low tide a river is exposed that allows access to an amazing semi-submerged world. When the tide continues to ebb, Zodiacs will be used to make the way to the edge of the reef where one is surrounded by cascading waterfalls up to 3 metres high. Continuing up the river one is able to look at the abundance of reef birds and sea creatures including turtles and manta rays. A visit to Montgomery Reef is very much tide-depending, but truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Hunter River Region (Western Australia)
August 06 Friday
The Hunter River is home to an immense mangrove system surrounded by soaring red sandstone cliffs. Narrow mangrove channels shelter numerous bird species, mudskippers, fiddler crabs and the infamous saltwater crocodile; the most aggressive crocodile species known to man. Naturalist Island at the mouth of the river has a stunning stretch of sandy beach that makes a perfect landing site for small helicopters that can pick up visitors wishing to explore some of the Kimberley’s vast interior. The highlight inland is the famous Mitchell Falls where four tiers of waterfalls plunge into deep pools that flow out into the mighty Mitchell River. The headwaters of the falls are cool and a dip in the fresh water is a welcome reprieve from the heat of the heartland. Please note: All destinations on voyages in the Kimberley region, and the order in which they are visited, are subject to tidal variations and weather conditions. Other destinations may be visited in lieu of the stop described above.
Vansittart Bay (Jar Island)
August 07 Saturday
Vansittart Bay is located near the northern tip of Western Australia. The bay was named by Phillip Parker King during one of his four surveys of Northern Australia during the early 19th century.
Interesting parts of the bay include Jar Island and the opportunity to view Bradshaw (Gwion Gwion) and Wandjina styles of rock art. For these two different rock art styles there are two sites in close proximity.
An area with an example of a more recent history is the Anjo Peninsula. A beach landing and a short hike across a lagoon or -depending on tides- a walk around the lagoon will lead to a World War II site. An almost intact wreck of an old airplane, a C-53, can be seen there.
Koolama Bay
August 08 Sunday
Koolama Bay is found at the mouth of the King George River. Named after the ship that had been beached here after a Japanese aerial attack during World War II, Koolama Bay is the starting point for a Zodiac cruise to reach the King George Falls, one of the Kimberley’s most magnificent natural wonders. At 260 feet (80 m), the twin cascades are among the highest in Australia. Koolama Bay and the river weaving through an amazing landscape of near vertical red rock formations will offer a parade of wildlife —saltwater crocodiles and amazing birdlife, including giant raptors and the Brahminy Kite.
August 09 Monday
Wyndham is a small settlement with the spirit of a Kimberley outback township. It was established in 1886 with the Halls Creek gold rush and sits on the Cambridge Gulf where several rivers converge. Today Wyndham has a population of roughly 900 people and operates largely as a port exporting cattle, servicing the mining industry and hosting a few small ships. For these vessels Wyndham is a gateway to the breathtaking Bungle Bungle mountain range and the nearby Ord River. The Bungle Bungle Mountains in Purnululu National Park are now a World Heritage Site. In excess of 350 million years have shaped geological formations of giant orange and black striped domes rising out of the ground into a landscape unlike any other. Known to the local Aboriginal people for thousands of years, the Bungles were only discovered by the outside world in the mid-1980s. Conversely, cruising the peaceful and tree-lined Ord River is a chance to look for freshwater crocodiles, fruit bats, short-eared rock wallabies and a variety of birds, including Mangrove Herons and Mangrove Gerygones. Please note: All destinations on voyages in the Kimberley region, and the order in which they are visited, are subject to tidal variations and weather conditions. Other destinations may be visited in lieu of the stops described.
Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind and catch up with what you’ve been meaning to do. So whether that is going to the gym, visiting the spa, whale watching, catching up on your reading or simply topping up your tan, these blue sea days are the perfect balance to busy days spent exploring shore side.
Matakus Island
Matakus is a small island and part of the Tanimbar archipelago, located in Indonesia between Papua New Guinea and the northern coast of Australia. Matakus is just over two miles in length and less than a mile across. Despite its small size, its proximity to the regional capital city of Saumlaki just to the north ensures that the island is inhabited. The island is surrounded by fine, white-sand beaches and is a marine paradise, with fields of staghorn coral and schools of cardinalfish visible in its crystal clear waters.
Darwin is Australia's most colorful, and exotic, capital city. Surrounded on three sides by the turquoise waters of the Timor Sea, the streets are lined with tropical flowers and trees. Warm and dry in winter, hot and steamy in summer, it's a relaxed and casual place, as well as a beguiling blend of tropical frontier outpost and Outback hardiness. Thanks to its close proximity to Southeast Asia and its multicultural population it also seems more like Asia than the rest of Australia. Darwin is a city that has always had to fight for its survival. The seductiveness of contemporary Darwin lifestyles belies a history of failed attempts that date from 1824 when Europeans attempted to establish an enclave in this harsh, unyielding climate. The original 1869 settlement, called Palmerston, was built on a parcel of mangrove wetlands and scrub forest that had changed little in 15 million years. It was not until 1911, after it had already weathered the disastrous cyclones of 1878, 1882, and 1897, that the town was named after the scientist who had visited Australia's shores aboard the Beagle in 1839. During World War II it was bombed more than 60 times, as the harbor full of warships was a prime target for the Japanese war planes. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve 1974, the city was almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy, Australia’s greatest natural disaster. It's a tribute to those who stayed and to those who have come to live here after Tracy that the rebuilt city now thrives as an administrative and commercial center for northern Australia. Old Darwin has been replaced by something of an edifice complex—such buildings as Parliament House and the Supreme Court all seem very grand for such a small city, especially one that prides itself on its casual, outdoor-centric lifestyle. Today Darwin is the best place from which to explore Australia's Top End, with its wonders of Kakadu and the Kimberley region.
Suites & Fares
World Cruise Finder's suites are some of the most spacious in luxury cruising.
Request a Quote - guests who book early are rewarded with the best fares and ability to select their desired suite.
Owner's 1 Bedroom
with early booking bonus
Grand 1 Bedroom
Explorer Class
Adventurer Class
Competitive Silversea rates. Request a quote.
John: +91 98300 53005
Linn: +1 910 233 0774
EXPEDITION VOYAGES / WORLD CRUISE FINDER
Expedition Voyages offers ultra-luxury Silversea cruises that offers unparalleled service and superlative comfort aboard intimate, all-inclusive ships cruising worldwide.
info@expeditionvoyages.in
© 2019 Copyright World Cruise Finder / Expedition Voyages
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line868
|
__label__cc
| 0.711032
| 0.288968
|
Series 4: Constitutions , 1826-2012
This series includes printed constitutions and by-laws as well as constitutional proposals. The earliest constitution was adopted in 1826 and names the current council officials, professors, academicians, associates, and honorary members, and states the mission and guidelines for operation in regards to membership, officers, annual meetings, elections, school, exhibitions, and how the constitution could be amended or altered. The by-laws outline the rules by which council officials, members, professors, and visitors will abide. The second constitution, adopted in 1829, also includes the act of incorporation, passed in 1828. The constitution and by-laws were reprinted every three to fifteen years to reflect amendments, alterations, and new leadership and members. Some constitutions include inventories of the Academy's property. The constitution from 1943 includes a list of artworks in the Academy's collection, and the constitution from 1952 lists all property owned by the Academy, including furniture, books, and artwork. Many copies of the constitutions and by-laws are annotated.
Constitutional proposals include amendment drafts, alterations, and related correspondence.
The series is arranged as two subseries, each arranged chronologically.
4.1: Constitutions and By-laws, 1826-2012
4.2: Constitutional Proposals, 1915-1991
Select: Constitutions and By-laws, 1826-1846
Amendments, 1915-1937
Select: Amendments, 1915-1937
Abolition of Membership Committee, 1939-1949
Select: Abolition of Membership Committee, 1939-1949
Committee on the Constitution, 1960-1961
Select: Committee on the Constitution, 1960-1961
Class Merger, 1983
Select: Class Merger, 1983
Review, 1951-1984, 1984
Select: Review, 1951-1984, 1984
Election, 1991
Select: Election, 1991
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line869
|
__label__wiki
| 0.684983
| 0.684983
|
Ex-UAW official to serve balance of sentence at home
Governor Ron DeSantis wants more correctional officers. (Mitchell Haindfield / CC BY 2.0)(WJHG)
Published: May. 18, 2020 at 7:06 AM EDT
(5/18/20) - A former United Auto Workers vice president convicted of corruption has been released from prison to serve the balance of his sentence under home confinement.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has been moving many prisoners because of the risk of the coronavirus.
Norwood Jewell was at a low-security Wisconsin site. Jewell has been serving a 15-month sentence for a scheme that involved cash from a job training center in Detroit.
Since 2017, nine union officials and a late official’s spouse have pleaded guilty in the government’s investigation. A guilty plea is expected soon from Gary Jones, a former UAW president.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line870
|
__label__wiki
| 0.978123
| 0.978123
|
US-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State
By Philip Issa
Published: Mar. 23, 2019 at 3:56 AM EDT
U.S.-backed forces in Syria announced Saturday they have liberated the last area held by the Islamic State in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, declaring victory over the extremist group and the end of its self-declared Islamic caliphate.
"Baghouz is free and the military victory against Daesh has been achieved," tweeted Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, referring to the group by its Arabic acronym.
Elimination of the last IS stronghold in Baghouz marks the end of the militants' self-declared caliphate, which at its height blanketed large parts of Syria and Iraq. The campaign to take back the territory by the U.S. and its partners has spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, unleashed more than 100,000 bombs and killed untold numbers of fighters and civilians.
But the weekend announcement, in a tweet, was anti-climactic, and on the ground sporadic gunfire continued. A day earlier, President Donald Trump declared that Islamic State militants no longer control any territory in Syria.
Associated Press journalists in Baghouz on Saturday reported hearing mortars and gunfire directed toward a cliff overlooking Baghouz, where U.S.-led coalition airstrikes were carried out a day earlier. SDF spokesman Kino Gabriel told the AP Friday that there were still IS fighters hiding in caves near Baghouz and that clearing operations were still underway.
At its height, the Islamic State group ruled a third of both Syria and Iraq, holding millions of people hostage to its harsh and violent interpretation of Islamic law. The group carried out large-scale massacres and documented them with slickly produced videos circulated online. During a rampage through Iraq's Sinjar region in 2014, it captured thousands of women and girls from the Yazidi religious minority and forced them into sexual slavery. Many remain missing to this day.
The group also used its caliphate as a launchpad for attacks around the globe, including the assaults in Paris in 2015 that killed more than 130 people.
While it imposed an unforgiving version of Islamic law through public beheadings and crucifixions, the group also carried out the mundane duties of governance in its territories, including regulating prices at markets and building infrastructure.
IS no longer controls any territory in Syria or Iraq, but continues to carry out insurgent attacks in both countries. It also maintains affiliates in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line871
|
__label__cc
| 0.650917
| 0.349083
|
Study Finds Link Between Teens With Mental Disorders, THC, Vaping and Serious Lung Injuries
The findings of a new study indicates that teens with a history of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or other behavioral and emotional disorders may be more likely to develop serious and potentially life-threatening vaping-associated lung damage, known as EVALI, which has resulted in deaths and serious injuries nationwide.
In a report published this week in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers at the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that teens with ADHD are four times more likely to develop e-cigarette or vaping associated lung injury (EVALI).
Researchers used data for more than 2,100 patients included in a cross-sectional study of national surveillance data reported to the CDC during a 2019 EVALI outbreak, which resulted in nearly 3,000 cases of severe lung injury linked to vaping, as well as at least 60 deaths.
As teens and adults began suffering from lung problems after vaping, officials struggled to find a source, but determined that a potential cause of the respiratory injury was vitamin E acetate, which was often used in vaping products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
During the new study, 360 teens, 859 young adults and 936 adults were hospitalized or died due to EVALI.
Roughly 60% of teens who were diagnosed with EVALI vaped and 80% used e-cigarettes containing THC. About half of teens used both types of vaping products.
According to the findings, teens with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders were more likely to vape and develop EVALI. Teens with ADHD, specifically, were almost four times more likely to get EVALI than young adults and adults.
The findings come after a study published in April indicated roughly 65% of all EVALI patients suffered from at least one mental health condition.
Teens were also more likely to to develop EVAL if they had asthma. Researchers found that roughly 44% of teens who had EVALI also had a history of asthma, compared to only 28% of adults.
Researchers noted some specific symptoms of the lung injury illnesses occurred more frequently in teenagers as well. Teens experienced gastrointestinal and constitutional symptoms in 90% and 97% of the cases of EVALI, respectively. Only about 75% of adults experienced gastrointestinal symptoms and 94% experienced constitutional symptoms.
Teens were more likely to use informal, or illegal sources to obtain both nicotine and THC for vaping. Nearly 96% of teens with EVALI got their THC from informal sources, while about 50% of teens with EVALI received the nicotine from an informal source.
Only about 20% of young adults who had EVALI received the nicotine from informal sources. However, about 87% received their THC products from illegal sources. Among adults, about 24% received their nicotine and 75% received their THC from informal or illegal sources.
Researchers concluded that teens who developed vaping associated lung injury were more likely to have ADHD, have a history of asthma, and have a history of other mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
While there is no definitive cause and effect between mental health and vaping, it may be teens who suffer from ADHD or other mental health issues may be more likely to turn to vaping, thus predisposing them to the likelihood of developing EVALI, the researchers noted.
“Public health and clinical professionals should continue to provide information to adolescents about the association between EVALI and THC-containing e-cigarette or vaping product use, especially those products obtained through informal sources, and that the use of any e-cigarette or vaping product is unsafe,” the researchers determined.
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes, Respiratory, THC, Vaping
Top E-Cigarette Vape News:
Parties Select a Dozen JUUL Injury Claims For Next Phase of Bellwether Trial Process (12/17/2020)
JUUL Bellwether Trials Will Be Held Before MDL Judge in Northern District of California (11/13/2020)
JUUL Lawsuits Cleared To Proceed, But RICO Allegations Dismissed By Court (10/28/2020)
Group of 24 JUUL Injury Lawsuits To Be Selected For Bellwether Trial Process (9/21/2020)
1-in-5 High Schoolers Still Vape, CDC Study Shows (9/18/2020)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line874
|
__label__wiki
| 0.53408
| 0.53408
|
Grand Rounds in Literature - Cleaveland Original Essay
Ninety-two Krachmalna Street
By Clif Cleaveland
I am patient with my obsessions. I never rush them. For me they are like bonsai trees requiring years of pruning and precise fertilization before they produce desired forms. Even then they remain fragile and in need of dedicated attention. When demands of daily living intrude, I am quite prepared to warehouse an obsession so that it may be resumed at a more favorable time.
Twenty-two years ago when I first read of Dr. Janusz Korczak I had no inkling that he would join my panoply of obsessions. An essay in a Sunday New York Times described the final days of a Polish pediatrician and the Jewish orphans whom he protected in the Warsaw Ghetto. When on August 4, 1942 Nazi authorities ordered the evacuation of all orphans and other children from the Ghetto, Dr. Korczak presented to captor and captive alike an indelible image of courage. Carrying an infant, the frail physician led a procession of emaciated children from the orphanage that he directed on a hot, two mile trek to the freight depot where they would board a train for the Treblinka death camp. In contrast to the chaos and terror that reigned in the ghetto that day the children who followed Dr. Korczak walked in orderly lines behind their aged guardian. Each child carried a book or toy and a bottle of water. A teen-aged boy walked alongside the doctor, supporting a staff to which was attached a green flag. This was the flag of the Children's Republic, the name selected years earlier for the institution now being shut down.
The newspaper's essay alluded to the publication of a diary kept by Dr. Korczak during his and his children's two year confinement within the walls of the ghetto. My periodic searches for the volume proved futile. I located by chance a copy at the Coliseum Bookstore in New York City. Even before I completed the "Ghetto Diary" I realized that interest in its author would be obsessional and self-sustaining. A biography, brief references in histories of the Polish Holocaust, a translation of Dr. Korczak's novel, King Matt the First-slowly I constructed my mosaic of this marvelous man.
I thrilled in 1991 to a black and white movie, Korczak, a joint Polish and American production that interwove dramatized portions with contemporary newsreels of the ghetto. Such was the power of this film that as the houselights came up at the conclusion, the capacity audience sat quietly for a minute or so.
The opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington gave me access to a vast array of printed materials and photographs dealing with Korczak, the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka. Staff members in both the museum's library and photo archive seemed to share my passion. There my obsession gradually morphed into my hero..
Born Henryk Goldsmitz in Warsaw in 1878, Korczak's comfortable life fell apart with the mental collapse and subsequent suicide of his attorney father. Teen-aged Henryk tutored children of wealthy families to support his mother and younger sister. Possibly influenced by his surgeon grandfather, he elected to read medicine at the University of Warsaw. By the time he completed his studies he had built a reputation as a writer of short stories and satiric essays. He adopted the name "Janusz Korczak" for a literary competition. Gradually this supplanted his given name.
The young medical student spent his evenings prowling the slums of Warsaw where he observed repeatedly the wretched state of poor, often abandoned children. These observations would shape his subsequent literary and medical careers.
Following service in the Russian-Japanese War at the dawn of the twentieth century, Dr. Korczak returned to Warsaw where over the next decade he gained recognition as that city's foremost pediatrician and most distinguished writer. He shocked his supporters in 1911 when he abruptly closed his practice and announced his intention to build and direct a new kind of habitat for the Jewish orphans of Warsaw. Wealthy friends contributed funds for the new structure which would rise at 92 Krachmalna Street. Instead of confinement under harsh conditions orphans admitted to the new institution found academic and vocational classes, nutritious meals and health care. Students elected a parliament that set work rules and privileges, and a judicial board that dealt with those who ran afoul of the codes of conduct. The children published a monthly newspaper, worked the gardens from which their vegetables came, attended summer camp in rural Poland, and regularly staged plays for their classmates and neighbors in the centrally located auditorium. The Doctor named the new orphanage, "the Children's Republic." When at age sixteen children graduated from the Republic many entered trades; others pursued university studies. Several alumni returned to serve the orphanage as teachers and nurses.
Conscripted into service in the Russian Army, Korczak spent World War I as a medical officer on the eastern front where he observed the especial suffering of children under conditions of war. Near the end of this service, Korczak contracted typhus. His mother contracted the illness while she nursed her son back to health and died. For a time Korczak contemplated suicide. He composed during this interval, "Tete-a-Tete With God, Prayers for the Non-believer." He returned to his Warsaw children who in a way saved him from despair. In addition to full days of work in the orphanage where he now resided, he published instructional manuals on childcare and numerous articles dealing with childhood education and political reform. He lectured on the rights of children before students at the University and before courts of law. He hosted on Poland's national radio network a weekly program,"The Old Doctor." Each week he addressed the questions and concerns of the parents and grandparents in his radio audience. He accepted an invitation to direct a new orphanage for Warsaw's Catholic children. He never declined an opportunity to assist children.
By the mid 1930s a rising tide of anti-Semitism severely constrained the rights of Polish Jews. Dr. Korczak lost his radio program and the directorship of the Catholic orphanage. His writings fell from favor. He moved to Palestine with the idea of relocating his orphanage but could not resist the pull of his native land. He returned to Warsaw well aware that difficult times lay ahead.
Nazi forces poured across the western border of Poland on September 1, 1939. Russia invaded from the east two weeks later. In less than a month the nation had been partitioned between German and Russian commands. On Yom Kippur in 1940 the Nazis ordered the removal of Warsaw's 400,000 Jews into a cramped, walled ghetto surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers. The systematic destruction of the world's largest Jewish community had begun. Dr. Korczak, his staff, and two hundred orphans had little time to pack food and belongings onto mule-driven wagons that would take them to the ghetto. Guards at the entrance to the ghetto hijacked the wagon bearing food. When Dr. Korczak protested the theft, he was severely beaten and imprisoned for a month. But for the intervention of influential friends outside the ghetto, he would have died in jail. Thereafter food would remain in desperately short supply. In 1941 the German authorities reduced the area of the ghetto by one third. The orphanage moved again, this time to a former merchants' club. Starvation, disease and random brutality claimed 5000 ghetto residents a day during the following year. Korczak assumed the additional duties of directing a dispirited public orphanage of a thousand children.
Against this backdrop Dr. Korczak insisted upon maintaining educational activities and civility within The Children's Republic. A visitor described the Republic as an island of sanity in a world gone mad. In late July of 1942, sensing that the end was at hand, the Doctor directed his children in the presentation of their final public performance, "The Post Office," by Rabindranath Tagore . The drama portrayed the nobility to be found in death by righteous children. Less than three weeks later the Doctor, the staff and children of the orphanage perished at Treblinka.
My personal portrait of my hero would remain incomplete until I could visit Warsaw, locate the sites of the orphanages, retrace the steps of the march to the train depot and finally make the thirty-five mile journey to Treblinka itself. I had the facts; I lacked the "feel" of the times and of the man and his children.
On a cold clear Saturday morning in November 2000 I began my visit to Poland. My sense of special mission briefly evaporated in the air terminal of Warsaw. Taxi drivers filled the lobby, pulling at the luggage of those of us who had just arrived. My guide-book had described bus service into the city. No one at the airport had ever heard of this. I pushed and shoved my way to a calmer, parking area reserved for licensed taxis. My driver spoke perfect English. During my twenty-minute ride he displayed his extensive knowledge of American politics and berated my country for having an electoral system that allowed a candidate with the smaller number of votes to claim victory in the just completed Presidential election. He had never heard of Janusz Korczak.
I had picked a hotel at the edge of the former ghetto, quite near the third and final site of Dr. Korczak's orphanage. Hotel staff seemed unaware of it. In the lobby I met the young Polish schoolteacher whom a mutual friend had arranged to serve as my guide. Prior to my arrival she had known little about Dr. Korczak. Her schooling under the Communist regime had emphasized German atrocities against the Polish people with scant mention of the Holocaust. She had read extensively about Korczak and the Warsaw Ghetto during the month prior to my arrival and shared my enthusiasm for setting out.
With our maps and notes in hand we entered the Ghetto, now indistinguishable from the bustle of surrounding streets. We would have four hours of daylight with which to work. We found the sites of both ghetto orphanages. We following stone memorials that marked the route northward to the site of the embarkation point for Treblinka. Along the way we located two fragments of the original ghetto wall and the shell of a building purported to be the largest structure remaining after the Nazis razed the ghetto in 1943. When we could not locate a particular site, my guide asked passersby for directions. None seemed to know or to care where historic points might be. Eventually, we located all of the landmarks outlined in our notes. At the northern edge of the ghetto we came to the open, marble monument where the train station. At each of our stops pedestrians hurried past. Perhaps they did not have time to read inscriptions or were already aware of the significance of the various landmarks. My guide seemed reluctant to leave each each way-station. Her thirst for information on Korczak seemed to match mine.
In the fading light of this November day, a single challenge remained, the location of 92 Krachmalna Street where Janusz Korczak founded his orphanage for Jewish children. This lay outside the ghetto. Because Russian and subsequent Communist authorities had changed many street names including Krachmalna Street, our task stiffened. With some navigational intuition and the aid of a pre-World War II map my fellow searcher and I reached the neighborhood where we believed the orphanage had stood. A contemporary guidebook described a statue of Janusz Korczak that stood before a school in this neighborhood. We asked shoppers and shop-owners where the school might be. No one seemed to know. They had other problems on their minds. We walked in circles and down dead-end streets. Streetlights came on. We were running out of time. Tomorrow would be devoted to Treblinka.
My guide sought directions from another pedestrian, a stooped, elderly man. He pointed us to a street two blocks away. Initially this seemed another false lead. A used car lot and a backyard garage bracketed the entry, and cars in various states of repair lined the street. Further along we encountered a store, a run-down, small office building and a large, dilapidated bus that blocked our view of the final structure on the right hand side of the street.
Rounding the bus, I stood before the orphanage. From photographs I knew how the structure appeared before the War. Except for some alterations to the façade above the third floor, the building was the same. I did not want to move. A granite bust of Janusz Korczak stood in the narrow front yard. A man swept the drive before the building. He professed little knowledge of what went on inside. He thought "some kind of school" occupied the building. We approached the building. Marble plaques on the front wall commemorated the achievements and heroism of the doctor and his staff. One plaque stated that the address had formerly been 92 Krachmalna Street. We tried the front door. It was unlocked. From a short hallway we entered an auditorium with an elevated stage at one end. Switching on ceiling lights, we saw framed, fadedphotographs from the pre-war days of the orphanage. The photographs identified this very room as the theater where the orphans assembled and staged their public performances. There were no chairs and no materials to indicate how this room was currently used.
Here imagination and fact merged. I could hear children moving into their seats. They fall silent as Dr. Korczak stands to announce the topics and locations of the evening's discussion groups. He presents ribbons to students who have excelled in their classroom work. The he gives a brief introduction to the play which features boys and girls from the middle grades. The curtain parts.
While I dreamt, my companion studied the photographs. Several times she dabbed at tears.
Apart from us the building was empty.
I imagined the curtain parting and the children of the Republic applauding in anticipation of what they were about to experience. Classmates filled the roles of the drama selected by Dr. Korczak and his staff for the evening's entertainment. Families from the neighborhood joined the audience. For forty-five minutes all eyes focused upon the orphans turned actors. Evil fell before the righteous cause of the children. The curtain closed, briefly parted for members of the cast to take individual bows. In a corner at the back of the auditorium Janusz Korczak smiled as he clapped. The evening had been most pleasing.
My reverie faded when a caretaker appeared and motioned us to leave.
We doused the lights and returned to the street. The spirits of the hundreds of children so loved by their Doctor would guard this place forever.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line876
|
__label__cc
| 0.530298
| 0.469702
|
Nymph Black & White Stock Photos
dragonfly nymph water |
nymph child fairy |
tree nymph butterfly |
dryad or tree nymph with her tree |
nymph myth |
dragonfly nymph under water |
beautiful wood nymph moth
Bologna - The Fountain of Nymph and Seahorse (Marble from Carrara Scalinata) in Park - Parco della Montagnola
Bologna - The Fountain of Nymph and Seahorse (Marble from Carrara Scalinata) in Park - Parco della Montagnolahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/bologna-the-fountain-of-nymph-and-seahorse-marble-from-carrara-scalinata-image69585967.html
The Fountain of the Naiads, nymph of the lakes
The Fountain of the Naiads, nymph of the lakeshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-fountain-of-the-naiads-nymph-of-the-lakes-image268840307.html
Three woman nymphs in forest, defocused, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
Three woman nymphs in forest, defocused, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USAhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/three-woman-nymphs-in-forest-defocused-bainbridgeisland-washington-usa-image328513673.html
Backlit view of translucent bug nymphs on underside of leaf - La Laguna del Lagarto Eco-Lodge, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica
Backlit view of translucent bug nymphs on underside of leaf - La Laguna del Lagarto Eco-Lodge, Boca Tapada, Costa Ricahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/backlit-view-of-translucent-bug-nymphs-on-underside-of-leaf-la-laguna-del-lagarto-eco-lodge-boca-tapada-costa-rica-image341209489.html
The famous wire sculpture fairies at the Trentham garden's estate in the heart of Staffordshire, ornate Italian landscaped gardens, Trentham gardens
The famous wire sculpture fairies at the Trentham garden's estate in the heart of Staffordshire, ornate Italian landscaped gardens, Trentham gardenshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-famous-wire-sculpture-fairies-at-the-trentham-gardens-estate-in-the-heart-of-staffordshire-ornate-italian-landscaped-gardens-trentham-gardens-image337188421.html
Lady in white dress posing in woodland in evening light
Lady in white dress posing in woodland in evening lighthttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/lady-in-white-dress-posing-in-woodland-in-evening-light-image187498029.html
Black and white portrait of the empty skin of a dragonfly larva
Black and white portrait of the empty skin of a dragonfly larvahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-black-and-white-portrait-of-the-empty-skin-of-a-dragonfly-larva-165322029.html
Botanical garden in Rome, Italy. Pond in the tropical glasshouse. Black and white photography.
Botanical garden in Rome, Italy. Pond in the tropical glasshouse. Black and white photography.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/botanical-garden-in-rome-italy-pond-in-the-tropical-glasshouse-black-and-white-photography-image329929015.html
A stone statue from a classical garden
A stone statue from a classical gardenhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-stone-statue-from-a-classical-garden-74740942.html
Ornate bas-reliefs of Apsara on the inner wall of Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Ornate bas-reliefs of Apsara on the inner wall of Angkor Wat, Cambodiahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ornate-bas-reliefs-of-apsara-on-the-inner-wall-of-angkor-wat-cambodia-58928716.html
A green Bladder Grasshopper (Bullacris intermedia) nymph in the Western Cape, South Africa
A green Bladder Grasshopper (Bullacris intermedia) nymph in the Western Cape, South Africahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-green-bladder-grasshopper-bullacris-intermedia-nymph-in-the-western-144766617.html
Nymph, Deity, beautiful woman with green hair in golden goddess armor. Fantasy warrior
Nymph, Deity, beautiful woman with green hair in golden goddess armor. Fantasy warriorhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/nymph-deity-beautiful-woman-with-green-hair-in-golden-goddess-armor-fantasy-warrior-image274067634.html
Rudbeckia flower - Black Eyed Susan - with a gorse shield bug nymph in a summer garden - monochrome processing
Rudbeckia flower - Black Eyed Susan - with a gorse shield bug nymph in a summer garden - monochrome processinghttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/rudbeckia-flower-black-eyed-susan-with-a-gorse-shield-bug-nymph-in-a-summer-garden-monochrome-processing-image358095407.html
Young girl in vintage dress sitting on grass. Brunette covering her eyes from sun. Beautiful nymph in forest
Young girl in vintage dress sitting on grass. Brunette covering her eyes from sun. Beautiful nymph in foresthttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/young-girl-in-vintage-dress-sitting-on-grass-brunette-covering-her-eyes-from-sun-beautiful-nymph-in-forest-image235453636.html
Pair of overdoors with Diana or a Nymph in an oval medallion supported by amorini. Artist: French Painter , 18th century; Date: 1770-90; Culture:
Pair of overdoors with Diana or a Nymph in an oval medallion supported by amorini. Artist: French Painter , 18th century; Date: 1770-90; Culture:https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-pair-of-overdoors-with-diana-or-a-nymph-in-an-oval-medallion-supported-168168262.html
Fig 12. Larva of the wasp woods, Fig 13. nymph wood wasp, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870.
Fig 12. Larva of the wasp woods, Fig 13. nymph wood wasp, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/fig-12-larva-of-the-wasp-woods-fig-13-nymph-wood-wasp-vintage-engraved-illustration-magasin-pittoresque-1870-image363135729.html
19th-century illustration depicting nymph sculpture by Peter Vischer the Elder. Engraving published in Systematischer Bilder Atlas - Bauwesen, Ikonogr
19th-century illustration depicting nymph sculpture by Peter Vischer the Elder. Engraving published in Systematischer Bilder Atlas - Bauwesen, Ikonogrhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/19th-century-illustration-depicting-nymph-sculpture-by-peter-vischer-the-elder-engraving-published-in-systematischer-bilder-atlas-bauwesen-ikonogr-image383510774.html
On the banks of the Ladon River, the nymph Syrinx tries to escape from the god Pan, vintage engraving.
On the banks of the Ladon River, the nymph Syrinx tries to escape from the god Pan, vintage engraving.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/on-the-banks-of-the-ladon-river-the-nymph-syrinx-tries-to-escape-from-the-god-pan-vintage-engraving-image367226400.html
Imitation of a Statuette of Hermes and a Nymph Seated on a Rock; Europe, ?, late 18th century; Marble; 34 cm, 13 3,8 in
Imitation of a Statuette of Hermes and a Nymph Seated on a Rock; Europe, ?, late 18th century; Marble; 34 cm, 13 3,8 inhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/imitation-of-a-statuette-of-hermes-and-a-nymph-seated-on-a-rock-europe-late-18th-century-marble-34-cm-13-38-in-image220575251.html
The nymph of the lakes with swan from the Fountain of the Naiads
The nymph of the lakes with swan from the Fountain of the Naiadshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-nymph-of-the-lakes-with-swan-from-the-fountain-of-the-naiads-image268840214.html
Typographic decorative art deco style frame of romantic scene early '900: nature framed vignette with stylized wood nymph and knight as banner, border, template, label and chapter decoration
Typographic decorative art deco style frame of romantic scene early '900: nature framed vignette with stylized wood nymph and knight as banner, border, template, label and chapter decorationhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/typographic-decorative-art-deco-style-frame-of-romantic-scene-early-900-nature-framed-vignette-with-stylized-wood-nymph-and-knight-as-banner-border-template-label-and-chapter-decoration-image214523937.html
Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; In the Garden of Earthly Paradise
Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; In the Garden of Earthly Paradisehttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-engraving-by-gustave-dor-from-dante-alighieris-divine-comedy-in-the-29750702.html
The Taygetus, mountain range in the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece, illustration, 19th century
The Taygetus, mountain range in the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece, illustration, 19th centuryhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-taygetus-mountain-range-in-the-peloponnese-peninsula-in-southern-143680760.html
surreal picture of the back of the young standing woman with horns on her head
surreal picture of the back of the young standing woman with horns on her headhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-surreal-picture-of-the-back-of-the-young-standing-woman-with-horns-113634407.html
Girl resting in woods
Girl resting in woodshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-girl-resting-in-woods-73970583.html
Antique statue on bridge Alexandre III, the river Seine and the Eiffel tower, Paris, France, black and white photography
Antique statue on bridge Alexandre III, the river Seine and the Eiffel tower, Paris, France, black and white photographyhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/antique-statue-on-bridge-alexandre-iii-the-river-seine-and-the-eiffel-tower-paris-france-black-and-white-photography-image178766339.html
Corvette captain Johannes Weickhmann, 1819 - 1897, on the SMS Nymph, a smooth deck corset of the Prussian Navy and the Imperial Navy, Situation from the time of The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, Deutsch-Franzoesischer Krieg, 1870-1871, Reproduction of an original woodcut from the year 1885, digital improved
Corvette captain Johannes Weickhmann, 1819 - 1897, on the SMS Nymph, a smooth deck corset of the Prussian Navy and the Imperial Navy, Situation from the time of The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, Deutsch-Franzoesischer Krieg, 1870-1871, Reproduction of an original woodcut from the year 1885, digital improvedhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-corvette-captain-johannes-weickhmann-1819-1897-on-the-sms-nymph-a-134817565.html
The JUNUNGAN village is the only female KECAK SRIKANDHI (RAMAYANA MONKEY CHANT) DANCE TROUPE - UBUD, BALI
The JUNUNGAN village is the only female KECAK SRIKANDHI (RAMAYANA MONKEY CHANT) DANCE TROUPE - UBUD, BALIhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-junungan-village-is-the-only-female-kecak-srikandhi-ramayana-monkey-chant-dance-troupe-ubud-bali-image211810215.html
View over the Acropolis from Hill of the Nymphs in Athens, Greece. Black and white greek landscape
View over the Acropolis from Hill of the Nymphs in Athens, Greece. Black and white greek landscapehttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/view-over-the-acropolis-from-hill-of-the-nymphs-in-athens-greece-black-and-white-greek-landscape-image365509542.html
Pair of overdoors with Diana or a Nymph in an oval medallion supported by amorini. Artist: French Painter , 18th century; Date: 1770-90; Culture:https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/pair-of-overdoors-with-diana-or-a-nymph-in-an-oval-medallion-supported-by-amorini-artist-french-painter-18th-century-date-1770-90-culture-image283780907.html
Girl at night
Girl at nighthttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/girl-at-night-image234858862.html
Praça do Rossio
Praça do Rossiohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/praa-do-rossio-image246274587.html
It is believed see a Naiad drag on the airwaves and bring forth the phosphorescence, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man – 1886.
It is believed see a Naiad drag on the airwaves and bring forth the phosphorescence, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man – 1886.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/it-is-believed-see-a-naiad-drag-on-the-airwaves-and-bring-forth-the-phosphorescence-vintage-engraved-illustration-earth-before-man-1886-image363123850.html
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, The nymph Salmacis embraces Hermaphroditus in a pond. In the water they merge into an androgynous creature, vintage engra
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, The nymph Salmacis embraces Hermaphroditus in a pond. In the water they merge into an androgynous creature, vintage engrahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/salmacis-and-hermaphroditus-the-nymph-salmacis-embraces-hermaphroditus-in-a-pond-in-the-water-they-merge-into-an-androgynous-creature-vintage-engra-image367227105.html
Ornate bas-reliefs of Apsara on the outer wall of Wat Phu, Champasak, Southern Laos
Ornate bas-reliefs of Apsara on the outer wall of Wat Phu, Champasak, Southern Laoshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ornate-bas-reliefs-of-apsara-on-the-outer-wall-of-wat-phu-champasak-57212331.html
The nymph of lakes with a swan from the Fountain of the Naiads in the Piazza della Republica
The nymph of lakes with a swan from the Fountain of the Naiads in the Piazza della Republicahttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-nymph-of-lakes-with-a-swan-from-the-fountain-of-the-naiads-in-the-piazza-della-republica-image268840187.html
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on black background by clipping path
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on black background by clipping pathhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/bronze-statue-of-a-winged-victory-frontal-view-of-a-statue-of-the-goddess-nike-isolated-on-black-background-by-clipping-path-image384487677.html
Wide canal next to rustic houses with bushes and trees reflected on water at Drimmelen. A small hamlet with harbor and elegant streets in Netherlands.
Wide canal next to rustic houses with bushes and trees reflected on water at Drimmelen. A small hamlet with harbor and elegant streets in Netherlands.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/wide-canal-next-to-rustic-houses-with-bushes-and-trees-reflected-on-water-at-drimmelen-a-small-hamlet-with-harbor-and-elegant-streets-in-netherlands-image255342984.html
Nature spirit, Deity, beautiful woman with green hair in golden goddess armor. Fantasy warrior
Nature spirit, Deity, beautiful woman with green hair in golden goddess armor. Fantasy warriorhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/nature-spirit-deity-beautiful-woman-with-green-hair-in-golden-goddess-armor-fantasy-warrior-image274067651.html
Sakura tree blooming. Small girl child in spring flower bloom. Enjoy smell of tender bloom. Sakura flower concept. Gorgeous flower and female beauty. Natural cosmetics for skin. Girl in cherry flower.
Sakura tree blooming. Small girl child in spring flower bloom. Enjoy smell of tender bloom. Sakura flower concept. Gorgeous flower and female beauty. Natural cosmetics for skin. Girl in cherry flower.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/sakura-tree-blooming-small-girl-child-in-spring-flower-bloom-enjoy-smell-of-tender-bloom-sakura-flower-concept-gorgeous-flower-and-female-beauty-natural-cosmetics-for-skin-girl-in-cherry-flower-image342513157.html
Botanical garden in Rome, Italy. Black and white photography.
Botanical garden in Rome, Italy. Black and white photography.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/botanical-garden-in-rome-italy-black-and-white-photography-image329928952.html
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on white background by clipping path
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on white background by clipping pathhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/bronze-statue-of-a-winged-victory-frontal-view-of-a-statue-of-the-goddess-nike-isolated-on-white-background-by-clipping-path-image363023099.html
Spring everywhere. Natural beauty and spa therapy. Springtime. weather forecast. face and skincare. womens health. allergy to flowers. Woman with spri
Spring everywhere. Natural beauty and spa therapy. Springtime. weather forecast. face and skincare. womens health. allergy to flowers. Woman with sprihttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/spring-everywhere-natural-beauty-and-spa-therapy-springtime-weather-forecast-face-and-skincare-womens-health-allergy-to-flowers-woman-with-spri-image242458923.html
Pre teen girl outdoors
Pre teen girl outdoorshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/pre-teen-girl-outdoors-image213072511.html
Enjoying every moment. Springtime. weather forecast. Little girl in sunny spring. face skincare. allergy to flowers. Summer girl fashion. Happy
Enjoying every moment. Springtime. weather forecast. Little girl in sunny spring. face skincare. allergy to flowers. Summer girl fashion. Happyhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/enjoying-every-moment-springtime-weather-forecast-little-girl-in-sunny-spring-face-skincare-allergy-to-flowers-summer-girl-fashion-happy-image236049393.html
Butterfly Idea leuconoe in Taiwan
Butterfly Idea leuconoe in Taiwanhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-butterfly-idea-leuconoe-in-taiwan-166096542.html
Water lily sitting afloat Island Lake in Orangeville, Ontario. The only edit to this picture is switching it to black and white.
Water lily sitting afloat Island Lake in Orangeville, Ontario. The only edit to this picture is switching it to black and white.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/water-lily-sitting-afloat-island-lake-in-orangeville-ontario-the-only-edit-to-this-picture-is-switching-it-to-black-and-white-image384025294.html
Marble relief of Hermes, three nymphs, and Acheloös. Period: Hellenistic; Date: ca. 320-300 B.C; Culture: Greek, Attic; Medium: Marble, Island ?;
Marble relief of Hermes, three nymphs, and Acheloös. Period: Hellenistic; Date: ca. 320-300 B.C; Culture: Greek, Attic; Medium: Marble, Island ?;https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/marble-relief-of-hermes-three-nymphs-and-achelos-period-hellenistic-date-ca-320-300-bc-culture-greek-attic-medium-marble-island-image282384335.html
black and white photo of girl dressed and posing antique sculpture
black and white photo of girl dressed and posing antique sculpturehttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-black-and-white-photo-of-girl-dressed-and-posing-antique-sculpture-52073364.html
Water Lily Leaves
Water Lily Leaveshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-water-lily-leaves-117618508.html
Agricultural illustration, enemies of your gooseberry plant: caterpillars, larvae and wasps
Agricultural illustration, enemies of your gooseberry plant: caterpillars, larvae and waspshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/agricultural-illustration-enemies-of-your-gooseberry-plant-caterpillars-larvae-and-wasps-image245425475.html
When the nymph Daphne was chased by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father and river god Peneus for help, vintage engraving.
When the nymph Daphne was chased by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father and river god Peneus for help, vintage engraving.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/when-the-nymph-daphne-was-chased-by-apollo-who-had-fallen-in-love-with-her-she-begged-her-father-and-river-god-peneus-for-help-vintage-engraving-image367227455.html
Thisbe, a nymph from Greek mythology, is the dead Piramus and stabs herself, from the Book of famous women, Boccaccio, 1473 / Thisbe, eine Nymphe aus der griechischen Mythologie, findet den toten Piramus und ersticht sich, aus Buch von den berühmten Frauen, Boccaccio, 1473, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
Thisbe, a nymph from Greek mythology, is the dead Piramus and stabs herself, from the Book of famous women, Boccaccio, 1473 / Thisbe, eine Nymphe aus der griechischen Mythologie, findet den toten Piramus und ersticht sich, aus Buch von den berühmten Frauen, Boccaccio, 1473, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhunderthttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/thisbe-a-nymph-from-greek-mythology-is-the-dead-piramus-and-stabs-herself-from-the-book-of-famous-women-boccaccio-1473-thisbe-eine-nymphe-aus-der-griechischen-mythologie-findet-den-toten-piramus-und-ersticht-sich-aus-buch-von-den-berhmten-frauen-boccaccio-1473-historisch-historical-digital-improved-reproduction-of-an-original-from-the-19th-century-digitale-reproduktion-einer-originalvorlage-aus-dem-19-jahrhundert-image365242984.html
A Knight Visiting a Fairy House - de fatalibus fororibus, et nymphis p.110 Claus Magnus, Historia de Centibus Septentrionalibus Rome 1555..
A Knight Visiting a Fairy House - de fatalibus fororibus, et nymphis p.110 Claus Magnus, Historia de Centibus Septentrionalibus Rome 1555..https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-knight-visiting-a-fairy-house-de-fatalibus-fororibus-et-nymphis-p110-claus-magnus-historia-de-centibus-septentrionalibus-rome-1555-image268849674.html
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on black background by clipping path.
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on black background by clipping path.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/bronze-statue-of-a-winged-victory-frontal-view-of-a-statue-of-the-goddess-nike-isolated-on-black-background-by-clipping-path-image334799844.html
The nymph Echo changed into sound, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
The nymph Echo changed into sound, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolleshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-nymph-echo-changed-into-sound-1655-artist-michel-de-marolles-17631732.html
One of the nymphs of Jean Goujon, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU – 1890.
One of the nymphs of Jean Goujon, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU – 1890.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/one-of-the-nymphs-of-jean-goujon-vintage-engraved-illustration-paris-auguste-vitu-1890-image363131996.html
Natural cosmetics for skin. Girl in cherry flower. Sakura tree blooming. Small girl child in spring flower bloom. Enjoy smell of tender bloom. Sakura flower concept. Gorgeous flower and female beauty.
Natural cosmetics for skin. Girl in cherry flower. Sakura tree blooming. Small girl child in spring flower bloom. Enjoy smell of tender bloom. Sakura flower concept. Gorgeous flower and female beauty.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/natural-cosmetics-for-skin-girl-in-cherry-flower-sakura-tree-blooming-small-girl-child-in-spring-flower-bloom-enjoy-smell-of-tender-bloom-sakura-flower-concept-gorgeous-flower-and-female-beauty-image271809737.html
Girl with wavu hair strong wind paper cutout illustration
Girl with wavu hair strong wind paper cutout illustrationhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/girl-with-wavu-hair-strong-wind-paper-cutout-illustration-image352824597.html
Dryad nymph forest silhouette ancient mythology fantasy. Vector illustration.
Dryad nymph forest silhouette ancient mythology fantasy. Vector illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-dryad-nymph-forest-silhouette-ancient-mythology-fantasy-vector-illustration-163126240.html
Tomicus amitinus, vintage engraved illustration.
Tomicus amitinus, vintage engraved illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/tomicus-amitinus-vintage-engraved-illustration-image363121663.html
Deity, beautiful woman with green hair in golden goddess armor. Fantasy warrior
Deity, beautiful woman with green hair in golden goddess armor. Fantasy warriorhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/deity-beautiful-woman-with-green-hair-in-golden-goddess-armor-fantasy-warrior-image274067644.html
19th-century engraving of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, Italy. Illustration published in Vergleichende Architektonische Formenlehre by Carl Sc
19th-century engraving of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, Italy. Illustration published in Vergleichende Architektonische Formenlehre by Carl Schttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/19th-century-engraving-of-the-temple-of-minerva-medica-in-rome-italy-illustration-published-in-vergleichende-architektonische-formenlehre-by-carl-sc-image382570719.html
8 march. Small child. Natural beauty. Childrens day. Springtime. weather forecast. Summer girl fashion. Happy childhood. Little girl in sunny spring
8 march. Small child. Natural beauty. Childrens day. Springtime. weather forecast. Summer girl fashion. Happy childhood. Little girl in sunny springhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/8-march-small-child-natural-beauty-childrens-day-springtime-weather-forecast-summer-girl-fashion-happy-childhood-little-girl-in-sunny-spring-image241375809.html
Illustration of a Violet-winged grasshopper, Giant grasshopper nymph (Tropidacris collaris), black and white drawing with black outlines, profile
Illustration of a Violet-winged grasshopper, Giant grasshopper nymph (Tropidacris collaris), black and white drawing with black outlines, profilehttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/illustration-of-a-violet-winged-grasshopper-giant-grasshopper-nymph-tropidacris-collaris-black-and-white-drawing-with-black-outlines-profile-image365959466.html
Marble relief of Hermes, three nymphs, and Acheloös. Period: Hellenistic; Date: ca. 320-300 B.C; Culture: Greek, Attic; Medium: Marble, Island ?;https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-marble-relief-of-hermes-three-nymphs-and-achelos-period-hellenistic-168378371.html
Original artwork of Orpheus and Eurydice ascend from Tartarus. Published in A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dates
Original artwork of Orpheus and Eurydice ascend from Tartarus. Published in A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dateshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/original-artwork-of-orpheus-and-eurydice-ascend-from-tartarus-published-in-a-pictorial-history-of-the-worlds-great-nations-from-the-earliest-dates-image389484537.html
Vector Mermaid illustration black isolated on white, coloring page or fairy tale nymph illustration, mermaid with water hair as waterfall
Vector Mermaid illustration black isolated on white, coloring page or fairy tale nymph illustration, mermaid with water hair as waterfallhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/vector-mermaid-illustration-black-isolated-on-white-coloring-page-or-fairy-tale-nymph-illustration-mermaid-with-water-hair-as-waterfall-image331571287.html
Antique illustration depicting the floor plan of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, Italy. Engraving published in Vergleichende Architektonische Fo
Antique illustration depicting the floor plan of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, Italy. Engraving published in Vergleichende Architektonische Fohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/antique-illustration-depicting-the-floor-plan-of-the-temple-of-minerva-medica-in-rome-italy-engraving-published-in-vergleichende-architektonische-fo-image382570716.html
Nymph and satyr MET 201474
Nymph and satyr MET 201474https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nymph-and-satyr-met-201474-172278072.html
Antique engraving depicting Diana and The Nymphs, painting by Giulio Romano. Illustration published in Systematischer Bilder Atlas - Bauwesen, Ikonogr
Antique engraving depicting Diana and The Nymphs, painting by Giulio Romano. Illustration published in Systematischer Bilder Atlas - Bauwesen, Ikonogrhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/antique-engraving-depicting-diana-and-the-nymphs-painting-by-giulio-romano-illustration-published-in-systematischer-bilder-atlas-bauwesen-ikonogr-image383511711.html
Dancing Nymph, Marble Sculpture by American Artist Olin Levi Warner 1881
Dancing Nymph, Marble Sculpture by American Artist Olin Levi Warner 1881https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/dancing-nymph-marble-sculpture-by-american-artist-olin-levi-warner-1881-image366974143.html
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on white background by clipping path.
Bronze statue of a Winged Victory. Frontal view of a Statue of the goddess Nike, isolated on white background by clipping path.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/bronze-statue-of-a-winged-victory-frontal-view-of-a-statue-of-the-goddess-nike-isolated-on-white-background-by-clipping-path-image334799846.html
Rehearsal television game The Water Nymph. Kitty Courbois and Ton Kuyl Date: July 6, 1961 Keywords: actors, actresses, television dramas, stage Personal name: Courbois, Kitty, Kuyl, Ton
Rehearsal television game The Water Nymph. Kitty Courbois and Ton Kuyl Date: July 6, 1961 Keywords: actors, actresses, television dramas, stage Personal name: Courbois, Kitty, Kuyl, Tonhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/rehearsal-television-game-the-water-nymph-kitty-courbois-and-ton-kuyl-date-july-6-1961-keywords-actors-actresses-television-dramas-stage-personal-name-courbois-kitty-kuyl-ton-image341134025.html
. 'Maid of the Mist', Nymph of the mighty Cataract, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. Coverage: 1895-1903. Source Imprint: New York : Underwood & Underwood, 1895-1903.. Digital item published 3-9-2006; updated 2-11-2009. 180 Maid of the Mist I (U&U)
. 'Maid of the Mist', Nymph of the mighty Cataract, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. Coverage: 1895-1903. Source Imprint: New York : Underwood & Underwood, 1895-1903.. Digital item published 3-9-2006; updated 2-11-2009. 180 Maid of the Mist I (U&U)https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/maid-of-the-mist-nymph-of-the-mighty-cataract-niagara-falls-usa-coverage-1895-1903-source-imprint-new-york-underwood-underwood-1895-1903-digital-item-published-3-9-2006-updated-2-11-2009-180-maid-of-the-mist-i-uampu-image208559114.html
Enjoy smell of tender bloom. Sakura flower concept. Gorgeous flower and female beauty. Natural cosmetics for skin. Girl in cherry flower. Sakura tree blooming. Small girl child in spring flower bloom.
Enjoy smell of tender bloom. Sakura flower concept. Gorgeous flower and female beauty. Natural cosmetics for skin. Girl in cherry flower. Sakura tree blooming. Small girl child in spring flower bloom.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/enjoy-smell-of-tender-bloom-sakura-flower-concept-gorgeous-flower-and-female-beauty-natural-cosmetics-for-skin-girl-in-cherry-flower-sakura-tree-blooming-small-girl-child-in-spring-flower-bloom-image272092747.html
Chiron and Achilles. Chiron (Kheiron) was the eldest and wisest of the Centaurs, a tribe of half-horse men. He was an immortal god, a son of the Titan Kronos (Cronus) and the nymph Philyra. While Kronos was coupling with Philyra his wife Rhea appeared so to escape notice he transformed himself into a horse, and in this way sired a half-equine son.
Chiron and Achilles. Chiron (Kheiron) was the eldest and wisest of the Centaurs, a tribe of half-horse men. He was an immortal god, a son of the Titan Kronos (Cronus) and the nymph Philyra. While Kronos was coupling with Philyra his wife Rhea appeared so to escape notice he transformed himself into a horse, and in this way sired a half-equine son.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/chiron-and-achilles-chiron-kheiron-was-the-eldest-and-wisest-of-the-centaurs-a-tribe-of-half-horse-men-he-was-an-immortal-god-a-son-of-the-titan-kronos-cronus-and-the-nymph-philyra-while-kronos-was-coupling-with-philyra-his-wife-rhea-appeared-so-to-escape-notice-he-transformed-himself-into-a-horse-and-in-this-way-sired-a-half-equine-son-image246622468.html
Lilac flower Botanical name Syringa has a story according to Greek Mythology begins with a beautiful Nymph Named Syringa, captivated by her beauty Pan a God of the forests and fields chased Syringa through the forest. Frightened by Pan's affections, Syringa escaped him by turning herself into an aromatic bush - the flower we now refer to as Lilac In the language of flowers, Purple Lilacs symbolize the first emotions of Love, While White Lilacs represent youthful innocence. Black background. Night photography. Flash used. Not monochrome or Black and White. Grown in the photographers garden.
Lilac flower Botanical name Syringa has a story according to Greek Mythology begins with a beautiful Nymph Named Syringa, captivated by her beauty Pan a God of the forests and fields chased Syringa through the forest. Frightened by Pan's affections, Syringa escaped him by turning herself into an aromatic bush - the flower we now refer to as Lilac In the language of flowers, Purple Lilacs symbolize the first emotions of Love, While White Lilacs represent youthful innocence. Black background. Night photography. Flash used. Not monochrome or Black and White. Grown in the photographers garden.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/lilac-flower-botanical-name-syringa-has-a-story-according-to-greek-mythology-begins-with-a-beautiful-nymph-named-syringa-captivated-by-her-beauty-pan-a-god-of-the-forests-and-fields-chased-syringa-through-the-forest-frightened-by-pans-affections-syringa-escaped-him-by-turning-herself-into-an-aromatic-bush-the-flower-we-now-refer-to-as-lilac-in-the-language-of-flowers-purple-lilacs-symbolize-the-first-emotions-of-love-while-white-lilacs-represent-youthful-innocence-black-background-night-photography-flash-used-not-monochrome-or-black-and-white-grown-in-the-photographers-garden-image231182965.html
Camponotus herculeana, vintage engraved illustration.
Camponotus herculeana, vintage engraved illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/camponotus-herculeana-vintage-engraved-illustration-image363122007.html
A bronze sculpture in front of Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery).
A bronze sculpture in front of Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery).https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-bronze-sculpture-in-front-of-alte-nationalgalerie-old-national-gallery-72541082.html
Abstract detail of splashing fountain in Trafalgar Square, London
Abstract detail of splashing fountain in Trafalgar Square, Londonhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-abstract-detail-of-splashing-fountain-in-trafalgar-square-london-50113131.html
Small child. Natural beauty. Childrens day. Springtime. weather forecast. Summer girl fashion. Happy childhood. face skincare. allergy to flowers
Small child. Natural beauty. Childrens day. Springtime. weather forecast. Summer girl fashion. Happy childhood. face skincare. allergy to flowershttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/small-child-natural-beauty-childrens-day-springtime-weather-forecast-summer-girl-fashion-happy-childhood-face-skincare-allergy-to-flowers-image243421467.html
Pseudo Nymph of Sitaris Humeralis when the male bees have built the cells vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.
Pseudo Nymph of Sitaris Humeralis when the male bees have built the cells vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/pseudo-nymph-of-sitaris-humeralis-when-the-male-bees-have-built-the-cells-vintage-line-drawing-or-engraving-illustration-image244565620.html
Sea Nymph. Engraved black and white Fantasy illustration with mythological creatures and characters
Sea Nymph. Engraved black and white Fantasy illustration with mythological creatures and charactershttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/sea-nymph-engraved-black-and-white-fantasy-illustration-with-mythological-creatures-and-characters-image388112999.html
When Diana and her nymphs decide to take a bath at a cave, she discovers that Callisto is pregnant, vintage engraving.
When Diana and her nymphs decide to take a bath at a cave, she discovers that Callisto is pregnant, vintage engraving.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/when-diana-and-her-nymphs-decide-to-take-a-bath-at-a-cave-she-discovers-that-callisto-is-pregnant-vintage-engraving-image367225510.html
Symi Town Yialos Greece
Symi Town Yialos Greecehttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-symi-town-yialos-greece-49417641.html
Dragon Fly and Nymph is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.
Dragon Fly and Nymph is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/dragon-fly-and-nymph-is-a-type-of-insect-belonging-to-the-order-odonata-vintage-line-drawing-or-engraving-illustration-image244591115.html
Image of nymph ear-wig, vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.
Image of nymph ear-wig, vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/image-of-nymph-ear-wig-vintage-line-drawing-or-engraving-illustration-image367209863.html
Symi Island Greece
Symi Island Greecehttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-symi-island-greece-50564858.html
The first stage of the life of a Mayfly is the Nymph or Larva., vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.
The first stage of the life of a Mayfly is the Nymph or Larva., vintage line drawing or engraving illustration.https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-first-stage-of-the-life-of-a-mayfly-is-the-nymph-or-larva-vintage-line-drawing-or-engraving-illustration-image359331263.html
Symi Greek Window
Symi Greek Windowhttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-symi-greek-window-50283813.html
'The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus', 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
'The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus', 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolleshttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-nymph-salmacis-and-hermaphroditus-1655-artist-michel-de-marolles-17631402.html
A typical representation of the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Poseidon, the God of the Sea, fell in love with a beautiful sea goddess and nymph,
A typical representation of the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Poseidon, the God of the Sea, fell in love with a beautiful sea goddess and nymph,https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-typical-representation-of-the-wedding-of-poseidon-and-amphitrite-poseidon-the-god-of-the-sea-fell-in-love-with-a-beautiful-sea-goddess-and-nymph-image367220059.html
Search Results for Nymph Black & White Stock Photos and Images
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line878
|
__label__wiki
| 0.510784
| 0.510784
|
Welcoming the Newborn Christ in a Leper Colony
Alive Publishing > Bible Alive Articles > Welcoming the Newborn Christ in a Leper Colony
There’s much to be grateful for, as well as lots still to do, in a community of leprosy sufferers in the Liberian rainforest. Joanna Moorhead reports.
Smoke is curling from the fires outside the sand-coloured shacks of Massatine, and the women and children are carrying water on their heads from the pump, ready for the day ahead. It’s a scene repeated across Liberia, where the lush greenery of the rainforest brushes up against the pockets of eked-out human settlements. Massatine looks just like any other village in this west African nation: only it isn’t. Instead, it’s a community whose generic origins stretch back to Bible times and before: a leper colony.
Look closely, and you’ll notice the signs: some of the women stirring pots of porridge over the fires have missing fingers, and there are old men sitting on the porches who have swollen stumps where their feet and arms should be. Not everyone in Massatine has leprosy, but everyone knows someone who does, usually a relative. Take Emmanuel Logan, a smiley 32-year-old I chance upon in the clearing that serves as the village centre. His grandfather, he tells me, came to live here in the 1970s, and he lost most of his toes to the disease. Like many of the original inhabitants, who arrived here from the late 1960s on, Emmanuel’s grandpa was uprooted from another area of Liberia. ‘People with leprosy were moved here from across the country, because there was a stigma associated with the disease, and they wanted to keep the people who had it together in one place,’
explains Emmanuel.
It’s easy to see why they chose this spot: for sufferers of a disease tainted with fear and shame, Massatine is a perfect location. It’s miles from anywhere: to reach it, we’ve had a two-hour bumpy journey from Tubmanburg, the capital of Bomi County that lies about four hours north west of the capital, Liberia. It’s the rainy season right now, which means the potholes along the track are brimming with water: for several long, nail-biting moments when the wheels got stuck in the mud, we wondered whether we’d reach Massatine at all.
Children eating St Mary’s Meals at St Damien’s
Now we’re here we can see that there are two prominent buildings: one is the church, the other the school. Both were built by the Catholic Church: the government resettled people with leprosy here, but there wasn’t much in the way of assistance after they arrived, and a mission picked up the pieces. Today both church and school are under the patronage of St Damien, who worked with leprosy sufferers before eventually succumbing to the disease himself. The church, reasonably smart on the outside with its mustard yellow paint, is threadbare within. There’s a plain cross behind the altar, a few wooden benches, and several sections of the ceiling are peeling away gently from the roof overhead.
No-one knows exactly when the priest will be here to celebrate Christmas Mass, Emmanuel tells me, but perhaps on Christmas Eve, or maybe a few days before, he will arrive, and the villagers will sweep the church’s dusty floor, tidy it up as best they can, and prepare for their Nativity celebrations. And despite the poverty, despite the deprivations of this tiny village (its inhabitants have no running water, no electricity, no shops and no transport system), there is much to celebrate. Because leprosy is on the wane: just 152 new cases in the whole of Liberia in 2017, compared with 355 the previous year and 662 in 2011. Emmanuel’s forebears may have lived under its shadow, but his four children – aged between one and 11 – will not. ‘In time I hope they will grow up and move away from here, to live out their lives in a place where leprosy is not even known,’ he tells me. And for the first time in history, that ambition will almost certainly be achieved.
Leprosy, mentioned several times in the Old Testament, and in the Gospel story of the leper cured of his disease by Christ, was declared officially eliminated by the World Health Organisation in 2000; but Liberia has been one of the geographical pockets where it has continued to exist, albeit on a decreasing scale. The civil war, which hit Liberia in several waves between 1980 and 2003, put much of its infrastructure, and especially its health service, back several decades; but today the people are rebuilding, and there is hope in the air. Emmanuel is not alone in seeing better times ahead for his children and their children. And beyond remaining healthy, education is the key to change.
As well as the church, the priests who founded St Damien’s built a school, and today there are 174 pupils, aged between four and 17, on its roll. The classrooms are basic, but they are full, and the air is full of the sound of children chanting numbers and the alphabet, as their teachers struggle to do the very best they can with the very least of resources – there are only desks, blackboards, and a few stubs
of chalk.
Miatta Kallon and her brother Gbenda, 14, collect their school meal
In large part, the children’s attendance is down to an open-sided shelter that stands on the edge of the reddish earth playground outside the classrooms. There, two women are already at work preparing rice and beans for the school dinner; and it’s that promise of food that has encouraged many of the youngsters here today. ‘Most of these children come from families where there isn’t enough food to go round,’ explains principal Chris Darblo. ‘But if the parents know their children will receive a meal, they make sure they come in. And once they’re here, we can teach them.’
The school dinners are provided by the UK-based charity Mary’s Meals, which was the brainchild of Scottish Catholic Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow. He began his aid work by driving trucks of provisions to war-torn Bosnia in the 1990s; later, when his efforts extended to Africa, he was struck by the words of a child called Edward who told him that what he and his friends needed was simple: food in their bellies, and the chance to go to school. Magnus realised one simple intervention could make the world of a difference, in impoverished communities across the planet: provide food at school, and a crucial first step towards real change has been achieved.
I’m visiting Liberia as a guest of Mary’s Meals, which today feeds more than 1,500,000 children across 18 countries, including 120,600 each day in Liberia. St Damien’s is just one of hundreds of schools served with regular supplies of rice, beans and porridge so volunteers like the women in the ‘kitchen’ here can prepare a nutritious meal for the kids. As the smell of lunch fills the air, I chat with Miatta Kallon, 12, who’s waiting for her food. Her parents have both been treated for leprosy – with the correct drugs, it can now be controlled – and two of her grandparents were also sufferers. But like Emmanuel’s children, she has every reason to look forward to a disease-free future, and she knows that education is the path to opportunities in the years ahead. When she’s not at school, she tells me, she helps her mother by collecting firewood and water. But when her chores are done she studies in the fading evening light; one day, she hopes to go to college to train to become a nurse. ‘Having a meal at school means I’ve got enough energy to get through the day,’ she says. ‘It makes all the difference to our lives.’
When the meal is ready the bell rings for the smallest children to get their food first; they run out of their classroom and form an impressively orderly queue for their lunch, which is ladled onto yellow plastic trays by the cooks. There is no dining room at St Damien’s; the children amble back across the yard, and sit on the dusty floor of the porch outside their classroom. There are plenty of big smiles and banter among the kids as they enjoy their beans and rice – and indeed, it looks very appetising. The children are clearly enjoying it very much, so I’m surprised to see one little girl, no more than four years old, who hasn’t touched hers. Then I notice something else: the other kids around her are sharing their meal with her. I carry on watching, and within ten minutes she’s heading off into the village, carrying her pot of food on her head. For this child, even the food at school is something that must be shared with other family members, perhaps elderly grandparents or even parents who are unable to work because
of leprosy.
That child is, though, in a small minority: almost all the other kids finish every scrap of food on their trays, and then head off for their afternoon classes. Mary’s Meals is transforming the future for the new generation of Massatine; when dinners are provided at schools like St Damien’s, enrolment goes up within a few months, and continues to rise. Combined with the advances in the treatment of leprosy, and the removal of its shadow from their future, these children really do have everything to live for, especially now the long years of civil war are over, and the country’s infrastructure is being restored. Though there is much still to pray for at the Christmas service in the church this December, there is much to be grateful for as well – and as the last generation of a leper colony, the inhabitants of Massatine know that better than anyone.
« Taming of a Villain – A Message of Hope
The God Who Roars »
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line879
|
__label__wiki
| 0.763153
| 0.763153
|
Syria war: Eastern Ghouta sees ‘deadliest day’ as battle rages
‘Chlorine attack’ suffocates 30 people, White Helmets say, as government forces resume offensive in rebel-held enclave.
A humanitarian aid convoy has not been able to unload supplies to residents trapped inside Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, as government warplanes resumed bombarding the enclave, killing at least 70 people, according to a monitor.
Described as the “bloodiest” day since a Russian-sponsored truce failed to stop the onslaught and since a UN Security Council resolution was unsuccessful at implementing a 30-day ceasefire, Syrian government forces resumed the shelling of the Damascus suburb for the 16th consecutive day on Tuesday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the bombardment of the enclave has killed more than 70 civilians since Monday evening.
Residents of Eastern Ghouta, which lies to the east of Damascus, have previously voiced their scepticism of a Russian-proposed “five-hour daily humanitarian pause” that began last Tuesday.
WATCH: Syrian army confiscates most UN aid to Eastern Ghouta (2:47)
The pauses were meant to create “humanitarian corridors” to allow the evacuation of those seeking medical treatment and the entry of aid convoys, but air raids have continued to target civilians and residential areas.
The resumption of the aerial campaign on Monday came shortly after 46 trucks sent by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the United Nations managed to pass through a government-controlled checkpoint for the first time in nearly a month.
But aid workers said the Syrian army confiscated many of the supplies on board.
According to Mahmoud Adam, a spokesperson for the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, the convoy filled with desperately needed medical supplies and food was forced to rush out as Syrian government forces resumed the shelling of the Damascus suburb.
As a result, nine trucks were prevented from unloading surgical supplies and medicines, as well as 5,500 bags of food and flour, enough to feed about 27,500 people.
Officials from international aid organisations confirmed that the government had blocked the offloading of about 70 percent of medical supplies, preventing trauma kits, surgical kits, insulin and other vital material from reaching the area.
{articleGUID}
The area, home to 400,000 people, had been under siege by the government ever since armed opposition groups took control of it in mid-2013.
The White Helmets and SOHR said at least 30 people appeared to be suffocating from a suspected chlorine attack that struck the area on Monday night.
According to Adam, the attack targeted residential areas.
SOHR, a UK-based war monitor, said the death toll could rise as civilians were still being retrieved from under the rubble.
Meanwhile, claims that Syrian troops and pro-government allies had taken control of more than one-third of the enclave has been described as “inaccurate” by activists on the ground.
“Battles between the rebels and the pro-government troops are still being fought in a hit and run manner,” one journalist in Douma told Al Jazeera, adding that control of some of the territories was quickly changing.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line880
|
__label__wiki
| 0.702541
| 0.702541
|
Brigid: Flame of Two Eternities
(Originally published in Druid's Progress 12)
One of the liveliest Goddesses of our Pagan revival is the Irish/Celtic Brigid. She is honored throughout American Paganism as one of the most popular subjects of worship outside of the Greco-Roman-Egyptian spectrum. She is worshipped as a Goddess of creativity, of artists, healers, poets, and craftspersons. Sometimes the mother, sometimes the maiden, even a crone, she supports a multitude of worshippers.
This article will look at the history of the Goddess Brigid, her roots in Celtic Paganism both British and Irish. We will see how she became identified with/as St. Brigid of Kildare and discuss her cult among the folk in medieval and modern times.
The Celts regularly formulated triads, perhaps as an expression of extreme potency. Early post-Roman vernacular Irish literature contain many references to triads of female divinity. Many of these Goddesses had a maternal function and were closely identified with the land. Brigid is a prime example of this type of deity which is associated with the sacred number three, the triple aspect of the divine. Brigid is the daughter of Daghda, the God of Great Knowledge. They belong to the Tuatha De Danann, the Tribe of the Goddess Danu. According to Cormac's Glossary, a 10th century compilation from oral tradition, she is said to be 'a Goddess whom poets worshipped' and to have two sisters, also named Brigid who are patrons of healing and smithcraft. She was venerated not only as Brigid, but also as Bride, Briginda, Brigidu, and in North Britain as Briganda, which can be translated as 'High One or Exalted One'. Other titles include; 'Ashless Flame', 'Flame of Two Eternities', and 'Mother of All Wisdom'.
The Book of Invasions tells us that Brigid was the wife of Breas and had a son named Ruadan. Legend has it that the Fomoire sent Ruadan to kill Goibniu, the smith. Ruadan was able to wound Goibnui with a spear, but was himself slain in revenge. Brigid came to bewail her son, which was the first time crying and shrieking was heard in Ireland, the first keening.
As her name implies, one of the most potent symbols of Brigid is fire. Her triple nature relates to the fire of the hearth and smithy, the flame of life and healing, and the flame of divine inspiration. In many ancient traditions the hearth is connected to the sun, the source of warmth and light. It is the focus of the home and integral to every day functions. As the patroness of filidhact, bardic lore, she guides the flame of inspiration, poetry and divination. Heroes who set off on magical or spiritual tasks would also request protection and guidance from Brigid. Thus she is connected with the three key functions of Indo-European society - bounty, poetry and, through the forge, warfare.
Another important symbol of Brigid is water, which in all its forms was venerated in the Celtic world. Sacred springs, many associated with Brigid, were a focus for Celtic cult practices. Spring water symbolically unites the underworld and the upper world by rising out of the darkness of the earth and reflecting the light of the heavens. Hot springs, in particular, provide a link between fire and water, Brigid's key symbols. All springs and wells remain powerful sources of inspiration, healing, and a means of both physical and spiritual purification. Several rivers, most particularly in Munster, bear Brigid's name, reinforcing her connection with the fertility of the land.
One legend which connects Brigid with water, tells how a crystal drop from the mantle of Brigid touched the earth and became a deep and clear lake. This was said to be a lake from Tir-Na-Moe 'Land of the Living Heart' and there was healing in it for all weariness and battle wounds.
The worship of Brigid continued into the Christian era as one of the most popular saints of the Celts. Historical references to Saint Brigid begin in the seventh century. She was worshipped in an Irish convent at Kildare or Cill Dara, which means the church of the Oak-tree. This was also the site of an ancient temple in which had burned a perpetual flame, an ashless fire, which suggests it was a sort of lamp, perhaps fed by oil, tallow or butter. In later Christian times, when the nuns kept the fire burning using wood, the ashes were said to miraculously vanish. In 1220 A.D., the Archbishop of Dublin decided that the fire-cult was 'pagan' and ordered the flame to be extinguished. After his death the nuns rekindled the flame until the Reformation when the entire convent was suppressed.
In Gaelic-speaking Scotland the Goddess was remembered as another saint, St. Brigit of the Isles. To this day she is remembered as patron saint of the family hearth, originally a peat fire that was kept burning in her honor. In the Highlands she was known as the foster-mother of Christ, the mid-wife or aid-woman who comforted Mary.
The first day of February, dedicated to Brigid, is known as Imbolg, meaning 'of/in the womb'. Another name connected with this celebration is Oimelc, a Germanic word meaning 'ewes-milk' or 'lactation', which is a direct reference to the birth of young animals in the spring. According to Celtic tradition Imbolg was the first day of spring and stock who had been penned in for the winter were allowed out. Brigid, the guardian-Goddess of domestic animals, is said to have two oxen, Fea and Feimhean and Triath, King of the Swine. These sacred animals would cry out after rapine had been committed in Ireland.
On Brigid's Eve in parts of Ireland it was customary for groups of young girls, who were either disguised or clad in white, to go from house to house singing and dancing. The householders would give the girls a gift for Brigid, usually either eggs or money. The leader usually was a girl who would carry a 'brideog', little Brigid, into the fields. The brideog was fashioned from rushes or oats and decorated with colored shells, spring flowers, greenery and ornaments. The best and brightest of ornaments were attached over the heart and called reul-iuil Bride, The 'Guiding Star of Brigid'. In other parts of Ireland, a maiden was chosen to represent Brigid. She would dress in white and wear a crown of rushes and carry a Brigid's Cross.
Older women prepared a Brigid's Bed which was made of an oval basket filled with rushes. A straw image was placed in the basket which was put on the hearth. Then the main door was opened and the men said a prayer invoking and asking Brigid to come in for her bed was ready. Brigid was believed to travel with her white milk-cow on her festival and bring blessings to each household. In some areas of Scotland and Ireland offerings of food and grass were left on doorsteps for her cow.
There are many other customs connected with Brigid, such as leaving a piece of cloth out doors From sunset to sunrise on the eve of Imbolg to confer on it protective and curative powers. This was known as 'brat Bhride', Brighid's mantle or cloak, and was kept in the house for the following year. It was particularly good for healing sick animals. Also, rushes or straw were left outside the house on Brigit's Eve. At nightfall, a young girl went out, brought the bundle to the door, knocked three times while asking in the name of Brigid to be admitted. Using this material, crosses were woven and then placed in the innerside of the thatched roof to provide protection. Another ancient custom concerned the throwing of a sheaf of oats or cake of bread against the doorstep on the eve of Imbolg to drive away hunger during the coming year. A second cake was often placed outside the window as an offering.
The cult of Brigid is very much alive today. She is the patron Goddess of many who honor her in ceremony, song and art. Brigid is a great eternal being who, like the flame of life itself, keeps alight and rekindles hope and inspiration. The sacred power of Brigid can act as a catalyst for us in many ways, awakening creativity, compassion, and skill.
"Brigid: Flame of Two Eternities." submitted by Liafal on 15 May, 2019. Last modified on 12 January, 2021.
Page URL: https://www.adf.org/articles/gods-and-spirits/celtic/brigid.html
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line884
|
__label__cc
| 0.677255
| 0.322745
|
(505) 898-9222 info@adobetheater.org
The Twelve Dates of Christmas
Written by Ginna Hoben
Directed by Lorri Layle Oliver
Performed by Merritt C. Glover
Friday, December 18 and Saturday December 19 at 7:30pm, Sunday, December 20 at 2:00pm
Tickets are on sale now!
This show will be streamed using Broadway on Demand. Tickets are $8 + $2.95 Service Fee from BOD. You will need to create an account at Broadway on Demand to view the show. You will be able to stream the show at any time during the three days it’s available.
The Twelve Dates of Christmas is perfect for those of us seeking something around the holiday season that isn’t strictly Christmas focused. It’s witty and full of fun!
On Thanksgiving Day, Mary discovers that her fiancé is cheating on her when she catches him on national TV kissing another woman at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. She then must navigate a year’s worth of hapless holidays and luckless romances amid the colorful characters that make up her family. Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and St. Patrick’s Day bring one dating disaster after another. June provides a “wedding season” of letdowns, and Halloween is nothing less than a horror show. When the second Christmas rolls around, a surprise encounter with a five-year-old boy whom she has come to adore changes her mood, her day, and her whole perspective.
Merritt Glover has always been propelled forward by passion for telling stories and becoming “an ambassador to the human condition.” Merritt holds a B.A. in Performance, approximately forty Theatrical Credits, and thirty-five film and TV credits. “During this deeply destructive time, it is crucial to combat destruction with creation and human connection”.
Multi-talented Ginna Hoben: As a playwright, she took a series of semi-autobiographical events and wove them into this 75-minute, one-woman show about life, love and the pursuit of meaningful relationships during the holidays; as a humorist, she honed it to a quirky, sometimes profanity-laced edge, designed to resonate with any woman who has ever been on a date or had her heart pulverized.
Multi-talented Lorri Layle Oliver once again takes up the director’s baton. Lorri is a truth-seeker, drawn to material that celebrates the imperfections of the human condition. Add a great cast and a talented writer and her job is easy.
Dark Weekend Production
Staged Readings
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line885
|
__label__wiki
| 0.766868
| 0.766868
|
War/Politics
Search results for "1973"
The Spirit of the Beehive
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old girl in a rural Spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of James Whale’s…
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
The World at War
The World at War is a 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War. At the time of its completion in 1973 it was the…
Genre: Documentary, Drama, War & Politics
Caroll Baker stars in this psychedelic shocker about a mysterious witch who casts a spell over attractive, youthful fashion photographer Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funes). Thrust into a world of…
The Dracula Saga
Count Dracula’s pregnant granddaughter arrives at his castle, along with her husband, who is not a vampire. While she prepares to give birth to a new member of the Dracula…
Godzilla vs. Megalon
In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth’s monsters and begin using…
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan…
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Music
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of…
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
My Name Is Nobody
Jack Beauregard, one of the greatest gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as “Nobody”, who idolizes…
Genre: Comedy, Western
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
Genre: Family, Music
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons–his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy…
“Dirty” Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are…
In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west,…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham’s citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff – and staunch opposition…
Genre: Animation, Family
Scream Blacula Scream
After a dying Voodoo queen chooses an adopted apprentice as her successor, her true heir is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Blacula the vampire off of a…
Buford Pusser’s a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father….
The Day of the Jackal
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with…
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
The Train Robbers
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Genre: Action, Western
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics…
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern…
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the…
High Plains Drifter
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off…
Cahill U.S. Marshal
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they’ve got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy’s want to…
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends. Instead of obtaining a small amount of money they discover they stole a very large amount of money…
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Two Men in Town
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar…
Get the Latest Updates on Movies, TV-Series on Go123Movies.
Copyright © Go123Movies. All rights reserved.
Go123Movies 123 Movies Full Movie Free Solarmovie Putlockers Watch Movies Online
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line887
|
__label__wiki
| 0.76474
| 0.76474
|
1000 Islands Writers Festival
Gananoque Ontario
APRIL 24 | 11:30am-1:30pm
THE FIGHT FOR HISTORY: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, And Remaking Canada’s Second World War.
Lunch buffet and presentation complete with audiovisual enrichment with military historian Tim Cook, Great War historian of the Canadian War Museum.
LOCATION: Gananoque Royal Canadian Legion, 55 King Street East, Gananoque
APRIL 25 | 9:30am-11:00am
Great Expectations: How to Grab a Reader
Join Heather Smith as she shares her journey as a reluctant reader turned author and talks about beginnings, both in literature and in life. In this workshop, Heather will explore great opening lines in literature and shares tips on how to start a story with a bang! Participants are encouraged to put pen to paper and create their own great beginnings. With sparks of inspiration flying, Heather will share tips on how to develop the storyline, create unforgettable characters, and most of all, have fun along the way.
LOCATION: Gananoque Public Library,
100 Park Street, Gananoque
MISSY MARSTON
BAD IDEAS: What could go wrong with a plan to launch a rocket-car across the St. Lawrence River? This is a story of hard edges and humanity, told with humour and a big heart. With her characteristic wit, warmth, and humour, Marston explores the lives of people slowly drowning, those who didn’t manage to escape the confines of their tiny towns and whose dreams, perhaps small to begin with, are still bigger than their ability to realize them.
Missy is the author of two novels, Bad Ideas and The Love Monster, which was the winner of the 2013 Ottawa Book Award, a finalist for the CBC Bookie Awards and the Scotiabank Giller Prize Readers’ Choice. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
LOCATION: 230 South Street, Gananoque
SKINNAMARINK
SKINNAMARINK: Sharon has been singing her way into the hearts of families and fighting for the health of Canadian women for more than forty years. As a member of Canada's much-loved trio of family entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, she’s entertained families across North America, winning multiple awards for their recordings and their critically acclaimed television series The Elephant Show and Skinnamarink TV. When Lois stepped away from performing in 2000, Sharon & Bram carried on as a duo. Following Bram’s retirement and with his encouragement, Sharon, along with her daughter Randi are continuing to share the music of Sharon, Lois and Bram with fans and friends, old and new.
LOCATION: Bulloch House,
199 Pine Street, Gananoque
JESSE THISTLE
APRIL 25 | 11:15am-12:15pm
FROM THE ASHES: Jesse Thistle brings us his extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir From the Ashes. Once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, Jesse Thistle chronicles his life on the streets, overcoming trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. Jesse is Métis-Cree, from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and an assistant professor in Métis Studies at York University in Toronto. He won a Governor General’s Academic Medal in 2016, and is a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar and a Vanier Scholar. He lives in Toronto.
LOCATION: Firehall Theatre,
185 South Street, Gananoque
ALICIA ELLIOTT
APRIL 25 | 2:30pm-3:30pm
LOCATION: Gananoque,
Inn 550 Stone Street South, Gananoque
Every day, the stories of our lives are being shaped by millions of small moments—the little details, the sparks in between, the tiny fragments that, when they are ready, begin to connect and to change who we are and how we see the world and our place in it. Genevieve Georget, with her raw truth, walks us through the tiny details of the year in her life that cracked her open, pierced through the curated walls that were built around her, and, in so doing, brought her to a place of surrender and a true understanding of hope. Her stories and experiences are a picture of the beautiful truth that, in your struggle, in your pain, in your triumph and joys, you are not alone.
Solace: A Journal of Human Experience is about how comfort, consolation, and community can heal broken hearts, mend deep wounds, and restore hearts toward love. It’s a book that invites you into the exquisite dance of it all.
LOCATION: Magnolia Flowers,
66 King Street East, Gananoque
THE PRITNEERS
The Pritneers in the ‘Feels like Family’ Radio Hour
Tune in to the ‘Feels like Family’ Radio Hour -- it’s a variety show, a live action radio play, and a loving tribute to some of this century’s finest country/folk personas. Playing multiple characters, and offering fresh takes on classic radio tropes, ‘The Pritneers’ never stop moving!
A combination of musical performance and sketch comedy, the show features iconic songs from the 1960s and 1970s, by Johnny Cash, Roger Miller, Patsy Cline, and many more, as well as nods to local celebrities and politics, and original music and characters. The Pritneers are Jesse MacMillan, Anna Sudac and David Archibald.
STEPHANE LARUE
It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Prepare to get your soul scrubbed down and wrung out. This novel from Quebec captures the food service and music industry worlds with vividly painted scenes from the trenches of a barely-functional kitchen during a rush. Dizzying late-night get togethers create a compelling portrait of the strength we can find from art and our allies. The Dishwasher plunges us into a world in which everyone depends on each other—for better and for worse - gritty, loud, and compassionate.
LOCATION: Seaway Manor,
465 Stone Street South, Gananoque
BARBARA REID
APRIL 26 | 10:45am-11:45am
Picture the Sky, Inspiring Imaginations
Educators, parents, grandparents and artists will be inspired by a conversation with Barbara Reid, award-winning Canadian author and illustrator and the Honourary Chair of Family Literacy Day since 2016.
Barbara Reid is one of Canada’s most gifted and popular illustrators, with over twenty children’s books to her credit. She is best-known for her whimsical illustrations that are created using plasticine. She has received numerous accolades and awards including the Ezra Jack Keats Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, The Governor General’s Award for Illustration and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award. Barbara is a member of the Order of Canada.
LOCATION: Sleepy Hollow B&B, 95 King Street West, Gananoque
This event is perfect for the whole family! Come on down to the Firehall Theatre and enjoy Sharon and Randi performing your favourite songs from The Elephant Show. Sing along, dance and enjoy the timeless music of Sharon, Lois & Bram.
For more than forty years, Sharon Hampson, a member of Canada's much-loved trio of family entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, has entertained families across North America. When Lois stepped away from performing in 2000, Sharon & Bram carried on as a duo. Through their touring, their gold, platinum and multi-platinum recordings, their critically acclaimed television series The Elephant Show and Skinnamarink TV, they have sung their way into the hearts and homes of young and old alike.
Following Bram’s retirement and with his encouragement, Sharon, along with her daughter Randi are are excited to be singing the songs of Sharon, Lois & Bram with a new generation of musical friends.
A Sharon and Randi show is a sing-along concert for the entire family, featuring such well-loved favourites as “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain", “Five Little Monkeys", “One Elephant", “Tingalayo", and, of course, “Skinnamarink" as well as exciting new songs released this past year.
Come say hello to Sharon and Randi after the show for a picture, hug or have them sign your copy of their Book Skinnamarink or your favourite CD/DVD/LP.
185 South St., Gananoque
Adult: $10; Kids FREE (4 per adult)
ANN SHORTELL
Truth or fiction? Are your family stories fodder for fiction?
Award-winning journalist and historical mystery author Ann Shortell will give you strategies and tips to find the truth in your family’s stories, and turn your research and relatives into narrative.
LOCATION: Gananoque Royal Canadian Legion 55 King Street East, Gananoque
TERRY FALLIS
Join two-time Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis when he talks about his 7th novel, Albatross, a story about destiny and what it means to forge your own path. Heartwarming and funny, sweeping and entertaining, Terry Fallis' new book takes readers on a journey of self-discovery. Terry always likes to talk about golf, and now he’s written about it too.
LOCATION: Sleepy Hollow B&B,
95 King Street West, Gananoque
JOHN CARDINAL MYSTERIES: Luckily, Forty Words for Sorrow was turned down by fifteen publishers in the U.S., keeping it available for publisher Anne Collins at Random House Canada who was looking for a “high-end, literary, Canadian crime thriller” at exactly the moment Giles’ manuscript landed on her desk.
Since then, Giles has gone on to write eight more books and the screenwriting for the hit CTV show Cardinal, featuring his character John Cardinal.
LOCATION: Turtle Island B&B,
ANDREA GUNRAJ
THE LOST SISTER: With fascinating history and a page-turning mystery partially inspired by the real-life experiences of a former resident of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, The Lost Sister bravely explores the topics of child abuse, neglect, and abduction against a complex interplay of gender, race, and class dynamics.
Andrea is the author of novel, The Lost Sister (which Margaret Cannon called ‘superb’ in her Globe and Mail mystery column!) as well as The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha (Knopf Canada). She is also a contributing essayist to the collection Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity (Coach House Books). She lives in Toronto and, beyond writing, she’s passionate about communications, public education, and accessible technology for social change. Andrea works at the Canadian Women's Foundation.
LOCATION: 230 Stone Street,
AMY SPURWAY
CROW: Amy’s recent novel Crow is witty, energetic, and crackling with sharp Cape Breton humour, a story of big twists, big personalities, big drama, and even bigger heart.
Amy was born and raised on Cape Breton, where, at the age of 11, she landed her first writing and performing gigs with CBC Radio. She has worked as a communications consultant, editor, speech-writer, and performer. Her writing has appeared in Today's Parent, the Toronto Star, Babble, and Elephant Journal. She lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
LOCATION: Gananoque Inn,
550 Stone Street, Gananoque
SONG WRITERS WORKSHOP
AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE: Visit with Barbara Reid and Heather Haynes, explore their art and look forward to a conversation about the capacity of art to open new doors and make a meaningful impact on the world, for the artist and the art lover.
LOCATION: Heather Haynes Gallery, 27 King Street, Gananoque
JESSE THISTLE, ANDREA GUNRAJ, MICHAEL CHRISTIE
TAKING LIFE IN YOUR OWN HANDS
With Heather Smith, Amy Spurway and Missy Marston
Taking your life in your hands: how to write about where you come from without writing about where you come from. These three award-winning creative writers will take you home and introduce you to their relatives – are you up for it?
TEA & HISTORY ON THE RIVER
TEA AND HISTORY ON THE RIVER with Ann Shortell, Missy Marston and Brian “the Captain” Johnston. On the menu: tea sandwiches and treats. Join us on the St. Lawrence River to enjoy tall tales and true tales from the 1860s to the 1970s.
Enjoy readings and lively conversation with Ann Shortell, Missy Marston and Brian “the Captain” Johnston.
LOCATION: 1000 Islands History Museum,
OPENING GALA
Stories & Music with host Terry Fallis & Guests
Join us as we kick off the 2020 Thousand Islands Writers Festival where we continue to push boundaries, creating unexpected and unforgettable conversation, music and art. You’ll meet emerging talents and fresh voices, established veterans and award-winners along with our own home-grown music heroes and storytellers at this multi-faceted festival-opening extravaganza. Come out and experience fresh live music and storytelling as only these extraordinary talents can present.
THE FIGHT FOR HISTORY: Tim is a multi-award-winning author and the Great War historian at the Canadian War Museum. In 2013, Cook received the Pierre Berton Award for popularizing Canadian history. Since then he’s never stopped writing and will launch his 12th book at our festival. The Fight for History is about the efforts to restore a more balanced portrait of Canada's contribution in the global conflict. This is the story of how Canada has talked about the war in the past, how we tried to bury it, and how it was restored. This is the history of a constellation of changing ideas, with many historical twists and turns, and a series of fascinating actors and events.
A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND:
Alicia Elliott’s urgent and visceral work asks essential questions about the treatment of Indigenous people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma. With deep consideration and searing prose, Elliott offers indispensable insight to the ongoing legacy of colonialism, extending far beyond her own understandings to provide a candid look at our past, an illuminating portrait of our present and a powerful tool for a better future
550 Stone Street, South, Gananoque
KATIE DAUBS
MISSING MILLIONAIRE: A century ago, a 53-year-old man named Ambrose Small initiated a long-running Toronto mystery by disappearing. One day he was at his desk, busy looking after the affairs of his many Toronto theatres, and the next he was gone. Suddenly everyone who knew him was being interviewed by the police or newspaper reporters.
KATIE DAUBS is a reporter at the Toronto Star. She won a National Newspaper Award in 2012, with three additional nominations, and in 2016 she won a William Southam Journalism Fellowship. Born in Forest, Ontario, and a graduate of Carleton University, she lives in Toronto. The Missing Millionaire is her first book.
LOCATION: Seaway Manor, 465 Stone Street South, Gananoque
CANADIANS KILLING IT
APRIL 25 | 12:30pm-2:00pm
CANADIANS KILLING IT: Giles Blunt and Michael Christie in conversation with Terry Fallis
Bestselling literary mystery authors discuss why their writing is so identifiably Canadian - iconic settings, language and mood – and how that impacts their audiences.
Buffet Luncheon event, pre-registration required.
Doors open at 12:30; conversation at 1:00.
Book signings to follow.
LOCATION: Watermark Restaurant, Gananoque Inn, 550 Stone Street South, Gananoque
Andrea Gunraj & Katie Daubs
Location, Location, Location! with Andrea Gunraj and Katie Daubs
Whether the setting is the contemporary urban home of millions, the glamourous world of the early 20th century Toronto entertainment district or ‘the woods’, creating a distinct and vivid setting requires research and passion. Novelist Andrea Gunraj and journalist Katie Daubs talk about their how they built the settings of their books, a key to developing a memorable narrative.
THE DISHWASHER: This session will be in FRENCH
Stéphane Larue was born in Longueuil in 1983. He received a master’s in comparative literature at Université de Montréal and has worked in the restaurant industry for the past fifteen years. He lives in Montréal. The Dishwasher is his first book.
WORKSHOP: TERRY FALLIS
Contrary to popular belief, writers of humour are not just born comedians. Great authors work hard to create the specific comedic moments that give their stories both universal resonance and emotional depth. In this master class, two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour Terry Fallis offers tips on finding your inner comic voice and explains why nobody should be afraid of writing funny!
MICHAEL CHRISTIE
MICHAEL CHRISTIE brings us a magnificent novel of inheritance, sacrifice, nature and love that takes its structure from the nested growth rings of a tree. Greenwood spans generations to tell the story of a family living and dying in the shadows cast by its own secrets. With this breathtaking feat of storytelling, Michael Christie masterfully reveals the tangled knot of lies, omissions and half-truths that exists at the root of every family’s origin story. Greenwood was long-listed for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
JAMAL SAEED & RUFAIDA AL KHABBAZ
A Taste of Syria: Join us to be inspired by the words and music of Syrian writers Jamal Saeed and Rufaida al Khabbaz and musician Fahd Abou Zainedin. Enjoy delicious nibbles from Lina and Fares, poetry and a pint.
LOCATION: Gananoque Brewing Company,
9 King Street E., Gananoque
As an event that brings people together, the 1000 Islands Writers Festival has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation. Event organizers have made the difficult decision to cancel this year's festival.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line889
|
__label__wiki
| 0.691839
| 0.691839
|
New Survey Looks at the 'Greening' of Europe vs. the U.S.
By AMA Staff
From fluctuations in the economy to fair trade, businesses face many challenges today, and ensuring that companies meet their corporate environmental responsibility is no exception. In terms of businesses communicating their green credentials, a new study conducted online by Harris Interactive® reveals that German businesses appear to be setting the pace, with 43% of German workers considering their employer to be “green,” compared to 30% in Italy, 28% in Spain, 21% in both the UK and U.S., and just 19% in France.
More Germans are also aware their employer has a corporate responsibility/environmental policy, with 41% of German workers aware, compared with 32% of UK workers and 30% of French, Italian, and Spanish workers.
The survey also highlights a note of caution for businesses that promote their green credentials, as almost half (49%) of UK respondents and one-third of the other countries surveyed stated they are cynical of businesses that promote their green credentials (Germany 37%, France 36%, Spain 33%, Italy 30%, U.S. 30%). However, those businesses successful in promoting their green credentials could gain commercial advantage, as the survey also revealed a willingness to pay a little more on products and services that are “greener.” In Italy, 57% are prepared to pay a little more followed by just under half in France (46%) and all remaining countries scoring alike (U.S. 43%, Germany 42%, Spain 41%, UK 37%).
French respondents demonstrated the highest level of concern for climate change, with a majority (90%) stating their concern, followed by Spain (88%) and Italy (81%). However, in these countries there are other more pressing issues such as pollution (92%) and education (91%) in Spain and crime (90%), the economy (87%) and pollution (85%) in Italy. Among Germans, even though the proportion concerned with climate change falls to 73%, the issue is still ranked as their second highest concern behind education standards (77%). In contrast, although the proportion concerned is pretty similar in both the U.S. and UK (U.S. 70%, UK 68%), that is where the similarities end, as the Americans place climate change as second from bottom and the British respondents place it fourth from bottom of the list.
So How Should Climate Change Be Tackled?
Respondents in all countries agreed that green issues need to be tackled globally with at least 79% agreement in each country, and that governments, businesses, and consumers were responsible for taking steps to reduce climate change (all above 70% agreement). However, it was felt the contributions made by national governments could be improved. The country that received the highest endorsement was France, where just 29% of respondents perceived their government is doing all it can. This drops to less than one in five for the other countries listed (Germany 16%, Spain 13%, Italy, UK and U.S. 11%).
Janet Blackburn, research director, said, “In addition to the perception that these entities could do more, many respondents believe that businesses could increase their efforts on environmental issues. In Germany only 10% felt that businesses are doing all they can to tackle ‘green’ issues, with other countries fairing only slightly better (U.S. 18%, UK 14%, France and Italy 13% each, Spain 12%). Significant proportions of respondents in each country also feel they personally can do more. French (65%) and Spanish respondents (65%) personally feel that they are doing all they can to make a difference, followed by Italians (54%), those in the UK (43%) Germans, (41%) and the U.S. (33%).”
Who’s Green?
The proportions describing themselves as "green" (extremely green, very green, or green) is far lower in the U.S. and UK than the rest of the countries listed. Under half of UK adults (47%) and just 37% of U.S. respondents consider themselves to be “green.” In contrast, 70% of German respondents consider themselves to be green, followed by Italy (65%), Spain (60%), and France (59%).
In terms of exhibiting green behavior, the most common green activity across all the countries listed was recycling. Interestingly, the proportions of UK respondents who recycle on a regular basis (80%) are similar to the best in Europe (Germany at 83%). However, UK respondents finished bottom of the countries listed for buying environmentally friendly products (46%) and cutting down consumption of natural resources such as petrol, coal, gas and water (38%). The UK also finished second from bottom for claimed usage of public transport for green reasons (23%), with U.S. bottom (14%).
The study was conducted online by Harris Interactive among a total of 6,590 adults (aged 16-64) within France (1,075), Germany (1,114), Great Britain (1,117), Spain (1,076) and the United States (1,108) and adults (aged 18-64) in Italy (1,100) November 1-14, 2007. Figures for age, sex, education, region, and Internet usage were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.
For more information, please visit www.harrisinteractive.com
American Management Association is a world leader in professional development, advancing the skills of individuals to drive business success. AMA’s approach to improving performance combines experiential learning—“learning through doing”—with opportunities for ongoing professional growth at every step of one’s career journey. AMA supports the goals of individuals and organizations through a complete range of products and services, including seminars, Webcasts and podcasts, conferences, corporate and government solutions, business books and research.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line895
|
__label__wiki
| 0.943636
| 0.943636
|
Selena, Queen of Tejano Music
Selena Quintanilla's music career began at the age of nine when she started singing in her family's band. She went from using a hairbrush as a microphone to traveling from town to town to play gigs. But Selena faced a challenge: People said that she would never make it in Tejano music, which was dominated by male performers. Selena was determined to prove them wrong.
Born and raised in Texas, Selena didn't know how to speak Spanish, but with the help of her dad, she learned to sing it. With songs written and composed by her older brother and the fun dance steps Selena created, her band, Selena Y Los Dinos, rose to stardom! A true trailblazer, her success in Tejano music and her crossover into mainstream American music opened the door for other Latinx entertainers, and she became an inspiration for Latina girls everywhere. This is a moving, impassioned, and highly detailed picture book about the iconic musician that will embolden young readers to find their passion and make the impossible, possible!
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne
Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
Who Was Selena?
"Amid Escobar’s exceptionally detailed illustrative work, it’s made clear how both the Quintanilla family’s immersion in music and Selena’s enduring work ethic led to her band’s success.... The artwork captures clothing and home furnishings of the time, such as Selena’s cassette tapes, her father’s guayabera shirts, and the singer’s iconic stage costumes." — Kirkus Reviews
Silvia López
Paola Escobar
little bee books
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line897
|
__label__wiki
| 0.919209
| 0.919209
|
< Return to Artists
Anthony Woodd Gallery
Gourlay Steell, (1819 - 1894)
Gourlay Steell RSA (1819-1894) was a 19th-century Scottish artist. Gourlay was born at 20 Calton Hill in Edinburgh on 22 March 1819 the son of John Steell, a wood-carver and Margaret Gourlay of Dundee. His elder brother John was a sculptor of national standing.
He studied under William Allan and Robert Scott Lauder.
Aged only 13 he had his first piece displayed at the Royal Scottish Academy, a model of a greyhound, and in 1835 he displayed a full-size sculpture of a bloodhound. From that year until death he exhibited almost continually.
By the 1840s he had established himself and was living in a fine house at 33 East Claremont Street in Edinburgh's New Town.
In 1872 he was appointed the official painter of animals to Queen Victoria, succeeding Sir Edwin Landseer. In 1882 he replaced Sir William Fettes Douglas as Curator of the National Gallery of Scotland. At this time he was living with his family at 4 Palmerston Place in Edinburgh's West End.
He died on 31 January 1894 at 23 Minto Street, Edinburgh and was buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh with his wife Jessie Anderson who had died 14 years earlier. The exceptionally modest grave has fallen, and lies forlornly in the westmost section of the cemetery, between two modern housing developments. His son, David George Steell ARSA followed in his footsteps and became an animal artist.
Gourlay Steell
The Intruder Oil on Board 30 x 50 inches £2600
Landscape - Sporting - Military - Contemporary Art
British 19th and early 20th century paintings and antiques for sale
sales@anthonywoodd.com
mobile-07799841883
4 Dundas Street - Edinburgh - EH3 6HZ
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line899
|
__label__wiki
| 0.783646
| 0.783646
|
ACT Tutoring Student Success Story — McLean Dyer
ACT | philadelphia tutor | Test Preparation
McLean Dyer is the kind of person one thinks of when the phrase “practice makes perfect” is used.
Though McLean is from Wayne, Pennsylvania, he’s attending high school at Saddlebrook Tennis Academy, a premier tennis academy in Wesley Chapel, Florida.
“Tennis is my passion,” McLean says. To see this passion, all you have to do is look at his schedule. Every weekday, McLean attends school from 7:30 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. He then goes to tennis practice from 1 to 5 p.m., with a fitness class following from 5 to 6 p.m. To wrap up the day, he usually visits the gym after his fitness class, to lift weights with his friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
But as McLean started to talk with different tennis programs and coaches during the college application process, he realized he didn’t want to compromise his academics for the sport. He didn’t like the idea that he’d have to miss a lot of classes if he played for a Division I program, so he started to broaden his college search. “In Division III you have the opportunity to play a good level of tennis, but also get a good education,” McLean said.
McLean didn’t want his test scores to prevent him from getting into a school that he felt was the right fit for tennis and academics. So he hired A+ to help him prepare for his college admissions exams.
After trying both the SAT and ACT, McLean decided he felt more comfortable with the ACT. “I didn’t feel as pressured when I took it,” he said. “I’ve always worked fast when it comes to tests.”
McLean worked with A+ Philadelphia tutor Sai Tikanni to prepare for the science and math portions of the ACT. Even over the summer, McLean was constantly busy with tennis, often playing four to five hours a day, Sai said. Despite this, “McLean made a big effort to switch his schedule and accommodate tutoring,” and was always engaged, Sai said. During his math sessions, McLean would dedicate one hour to ACT prep and thirty minutes to Algebra 2 review.
Knowing McLean’s busy schedule, Sai would break down each section and assign a certain number of problems to complete each day. Every other weekend, McLean would complete a practice test.
At first, McLean struggled with the word problems. McLean is a very visual thinker, according to Sai. So the two worked together to practice writing things down, capturing thoughts, and underlining important information. Pretty quickly, he started to improve, Sai added.
McLean also worked with Brian Gillin, an A+ Philadelphia tutor specializing in the verbal section of the ACT. “Brian was a really nice guy from the second I met him, and very flexible if I had a meeting to make up,” McLean said. “His jokes and puns really got to me and helped me understand. He’d give me an example and it just stuck with me.”
“McLean applied what we went over for the reading sections to his homework exercises,” Brian said, and each week, McLean’s score on his homework would indicate his progress.
McLean saw a steady improvement in his practice test score. “Every week it went up,” he said.
“On test day,” McLean said, “I was actually pretty nervous because I wanted to do well.” He felt additional pressure since if he needed to take the ACT again, he didn’t know where he would find the time to prepare.
McLean’s dedication to practice was well worth the effort. He was shocked to see that his reading score jumped nine points. He boosted his overall score from a 23 to a 28. “I was very happy because I was shooting for a 26,” McLean said.
What really helped him were all of the “practice tests, problems and reviews,” McLean said. “I learned what to look for, and what not to look for.”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line902
|
__label__wiki
| 0.626852
| 0.626852
|
Articulated Boom Lift
Telescopic Boom Lift
Air Winch/ Air Tugger
Skid Steer Loader
Air Cooled Aftercooler
THE SINGAPORE MRT EXTENSTION WORKS
THE SINGAPORE MRT EXTENSION WORKS
(October, 2016) The Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system was started in 1987 with just five stations. Today, the system spans the whole city-state with 101 stations spanning 170.7 km of route. It supports an average daily ridership of about 3.031 million passengers.
On 11 January 2011, an extension to the East West Line was announced by the Singapore government. Called the Tuas West Extension, it extends the line with an addition of four more stations, bringing it closer to the second causeway link to neighboring Malaysia. The construction work started on 4 May 2012 and is expected to be completed in 2017.
It will add another 7.5 km (4.7 mi) of twin-tracked MRT viaduct. Together with the road viaduct that is being built, the extension will help increase road capacity. Commuters of public transport will also save a significant amount of travel time once the extension becomes operational.
Aver Asia (S) Pte. Ltd. rented out 120 Genie machines for the project that included, Genie Z80/60, GS-5390 RT, S-105, GS-1930, Z-34/22 N, GS-2646. They clinched the deal due to the long term working relationship they had with the client. The latter had full trust in Aver Asia’s
recommendations on the right machines to use.
The machines came into the project at the M&E stage to do electrical and fire protection installations. The Genie machines were mainly used to elevate workers to hard to reach areas of the MRT viaducts. “The narrow working space created a big maneuverability issue,” says Steven Lee, Sales Manager, Aver Asia. “So we had to ensure that our machines are always kept in good condition, especially the tyres and body. One small fault could have serious consequences on the job.”
Aver Asia (S) Pte Ltd
14 Benoi Place, Singapore 629953
+65 6861 5550 (Admin & Account)
+65 6861 6368 (Operations & Sales)
enquiry@averasia.com
Our Overseas Offices
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line905
|
__label__wiki
| 0.587084
| 0.587084
|
criticism of hayek
1. August had a passion for botany, about which he wrote a number of monographs and was also a part-time botany lecturer at the University of Vienna. There have always been two major critiques of Hayek’s arguments, neither of which are fully answered by a rereading of “The Constitution of Liberty.” The first comes from the left. Hayek's Criticism of Conservatism Since the 1950s there's been a shrill claim that something called "Conservatism" is the stalwart defender of freedom, while a group of evil-doers called "liberals" seeks oppression. If the group with reduced incomes is obliged to restrict consumption and the group having higher incomes voluntarily refrains from raising consumption to the same extent, there is no forced saving. Cloudflare Ray ID: 5fb5b4a96a331f45 It has been recognized by economists like G. Cassel and Robertson that excessive investment is the principal destabilising element in the economy. In fact, disturbances to equilibrium can come from many sources, some inside the system and others from outside. The following points highlight the six major criticisms of Hayek’s theory of the trade cycle. Hayek are two of the most controversial economic figures of the 20th century. Burczak describes Hayek as a postmodernist, but criticizes him for *failing* to extend his subjectivism to the area of law and jurisprudence. F.A. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. First, Hayek clearly thought he was putting forward a very It can be said that the monetary system is only a part of the response mechanism in the process of cyclical changes in economic activity and not a causative factor. Hayek reserved his most stinging criticism for issues of exposition, concluding that the ‘difficulty may be only that Mr. Keynes has made it so extraordinarily hard really to follow his reasoning’ (1994, p. 295). A published academic examination of the incoherence of founding libertarianism … Thus, the concept of forced saving used by Hayek is illusory. Burczak shows that Hayek's own subjectivism prevents him from defending the principle of the rule of law. Restrictive Assumption of Full Employment 2. Increased profitability of the consumer-goods industries automatically means a higher rate of return over cost or what Keynes calls MEC. The Road to Serfdom (German: Der Weg zur Knechtschaft) is a book written between 1940 and 1943 by Austrian-British economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek.Since its publication in 1944, The Road to Serfdom has been an influential and popular exposition of liberalism.It has been translated into more than 20 languages and sold over two million copies (as of 2010). In this last sixty years, this shrill group has made a lot of noise and even launched wars, but it has failed to advance the cause of liberty. Why Libertarianism Is Mistaken by Hugh LaFollette. The main argument of this article is that on closer examination Hayek appears to be a constructivist himself. Hayek’s critique offers far more than the hashtag-riddled political commentary that noxiously permeates our public discourse. SRH and Hayek’s Analysis of the Problem of Socialism. Disclaimer Copyright, Share Your Knowledge F. A. Hayek. The theory is based on the classical assumption of full employment in the economy. Share Your Word File Further discussions in the video were dedicated to Hayek’s relationship with another well-known liberal economist, Milton Friedman. Since the theory fails to explain both the turning points of the trade cycle, it is unable to explain the periodicity of the business cycles. This theory explains only the expansion phase of the business cycle. Some of the criticisms are: 1. He stood for liberty at a time when most intellectuals in the world embraced ideologies of command and control. Hayek's thesis is that goal‐directed rationality in politics is counter‐final. A common misconception about Marx’s version of LTV is each individual commodity derives its value from the total labor put into its production. Hayek even noted with alarm that the term had "already perverted the thinking of a younger generation," citing David Miller's recent Oxford doctoral thesis, entitled "Social Justice. Content Guidelines 2. Sequestered in the usual sectarianism of the academic world, no stimulating reading had existed that took into consideration the arguments of Friedrich Hayek, Gary Becker, or Milton Friedman. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Wholly aggregative in nature: It is highly aggregative because it deals with aggregate concepts such … Despite this, he concedes a role for the state in directly providing an economic minimum for those unable to provide one for themselves. Before publishing your Articles on this site, please read the following pages: 1. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Specifically dissects many libertarian claims (mostly those of Nozick) for 65 pages. The reason for that was that conservatives had always seen him as one of theirs (even today, because they think Hayek’s criticism only pertained a specific kind of conservatism, but not theirs). His literary legacy continues to provide some of the most powerful arguments ever made for the depoliticization of the social order, including its commercial life. Friedrich August von Hayek was born in Vienna to August von Hayek and Felicitas Hayek (née von Juraschek). SOURCE: “Dr. some, though by no means all, of our criticisms of Hayek are anachronistic-that is, they depend on advances in information technology that have taken place since Hayek wrote. Hayek, also called Friedrich A. Hayek, in full Friedrich August von Hayek, (born May 8, 1899, Vienna, Austria—died March 23, 1992, Freiburg, Germany), Austrian-born British economist noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. Hayek is an epic figure in the history of human freedom. Although his earlier critiques were based on economic grounds, he later drew upon political, ethical, and … The two schools of economic theory are quite different to each other, and the following article provides a clear outline of what each school of thought is, and how they differ to each other. Unrealistic Assumption of Equilibrium 3. In Hayek’s analysis, expansion of the producers-goods sector is made possible by forced saving from the consumers when incomes get redistributed. F.A. At a time when most movements that are thought to be progressive advocate further encroachments on individual liberty, those who cherish freedom are likely to expend their energies in opposition. This website includes study notes, research papers, essays, articles and other allied information submitted by visitors like YOU. This leaves his position in a profound self‐contradiction. The following points highlight the six major criticisms of Hayek’s theory of the trade cycle. Hayek has argued that higher incomes in the hands of consumers would push up the profitability of consumer goods relatively to that of capital goods. The theme addressed is the criticism of constructivism and rationalism in politics as presented in the political theory of F. A. Hayek. TOS4. This was the relative overinvestment in capital-goods production. I already described the central idea of Hayek’s criticism but not how it draws from the subjective theory of value—nor how the labor theory of value supports the system that Hayek is criticizing. Hayek ascribes to his opponents the idea that economically-relevant change is some- thing that occurs at discrete intervals and on a fairly long time-scale, and that in between such changes the management of the produc- tive system is a more or less mechanical task. Hayek is seen as one of the main opponents of Keynes because of the debate about macroeconomics that they had in the early thirties. Business firms do not bother in the short period for small changes in the rate of interest. • Why I am Not a Conservative. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. Hayek dismisses social justice on the grounds of its atavism, meaninglessness, unfeasibility and incompatibility with a liberal market society. Criticism has also been directed at the prominent place given to changes in the rate of interest by Hayek. The creation of the Hayek Monster is well documented and nicely summarized in a 2010 New York Times article prompted by the sudden appearance of Hayek’s 1944 book The Road to Serfdom on the New York Times best seller list. It stimulates investment, not discourages it. A few years after this controversy, Keynes published The General Theory (1936), and Hayek was expected to criticize Keynes’ new model. His father, born in 1871 also in Vienna, was a medical doctor employed by the municipal ministry of health. If the boom starts when there are unutilized labours or capital resources, then it can continue for quite some time without distorting production. Unreal Concept of Forced Saving and Others. iar with Hayek’s criticism of scientism (Hayek, 1952/1979) and constructivism (Hayek, 1973), they may be puzzled by such a remark, since Hayek is one of the most severe crit-ics of synoptic planning and is keenly aware of the limits of centralized reason because of the inevitable “fragmentation • Excellent philosophical rebuttals of some libertarian axioms. Welcome to EconomicsDiscussion.net! James Hammerton's criticisms of Nozick and Hayek's ideas. Restrictive Assumption of Full Employment 2. Law forms out of the countless interactions of ordinary people as they go about their daily lives. Hayek referred to "social justice" as "much the worst use of 'social', one that "wholly destroys" the meaning of the word it qualifies, a "semantic fraud." But it had a strong point. On this point, one can only agree with Lagasnerie: Foucault allowed us to read and understand these authors, to discover in them a complex and stimulating body of thought. 42, No. Hayek was a consequentialist of sorts, as was Adam Smith, and yet Hayek’s defense of economic freedom, like Smith’s, hints at a contractarian or deontological (and also, in Smith’s case, virtue-theoretic) moral sensibility that regards the separateness of persons as morally fundamental. In fact, the rate of interest is not so flexible as to influence the capital intensity of production. This is the argument of the so-called immanent criticism Hayek put forward in the second volume of Law, Legislation and Liberty. Hayek does not fall into the Panglossian trap of arguing that whatever rules … In short, Hayek’s theory was faulty in so far as it tried to integrate unsuccessfully the monetary factors and the real factors for explaining the full trade cycle. This line of reasoning has been questioned by Fisher and Keynes. As her mother died several years prior to Hayek's birt… Hayek … It has no convincing logic for the upturn after depression. Both made huge contributions to the field of economics and both stand in direct opposition to each other, which is one reason why they have presented such a fascinating juxtaposition over the last century. In this they find themselves much of the time on the same side as those who habitually resist change. Some of the criticisms are: 1. Felicitas von Juraschek was born in 1875 to a wealthy conservative and land-owning family. This theory also takes the unrealistic assumption that saving equals investment and the economy is in equilibrium initially which is disturbed by banks deciding to create extra credit. Share Your PPT File, Solving the Firm-Level Problems in Business Cycles. Infl uenced by the Italian legal scholar Bruno Leoni, Hayek argued that law is that set of rules that emerges “spontaneously,” unplanned and undesigned. Privacy Policy3. Hayek’s Concept of Freedom: A Critique. They are more influenced by changes in the expected rate of profit occurring in the phases of the trade cycle. This brings about a crash of the boom. 42-53. Our mission is to provide an online platform to help students to discuss anything and everything about Economics. It should be noted that Hayek was not alone in objecting to arguments ambiguously worded. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. The critique of socialism and the defense of classical liberal institutions Throughout his life Hayek criticized socialism, often contrasting it with a system of free markets. Hayek on Money and Capital,” in The Economic Journal, Vol. We think this is justified for two reasons. Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. That the appraisement process is a crucial part of Mises’s diagnosis of the problem of socialism should come as no surprise to people familiar with Mises’s writings. 1, March, 1932, pp. Your IP: 92.222.206.151 Unrealistic Assumption of Equilibrium 3. Undue Importance to Interest Rate Changes 4. Hayek economics was founded by famous economist Friedrich August von Hayek. Contemporary Political Philosophy By Will Kymlicka. Share Your PDF File It offers intellectual humility and contestation as … Recognizing Injustice. This is why it asserts that expansion of producers-goods’ output can be possible only at the expense of consumer- goods’ output. John Maynard Keynes and F.A. RONALD HAMOWY* F. A. HAYEK, in his latest book, The Constitution of Liberty (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1960), attempts a thorough exposition of the theoretical and historical foundations of individual liberty. Keynesian economics was founded by economist John Maynard Keynes.
Wingdings Power Symbol, Mrs Wages Dill Relish Recipe, Chelsea Waterfront Affordable Housing, Nike Mvp Elite Batting Gloves, Teferi, Time Raveler Ban, Federal Reserve Chairman Game And Reflection Paper, Orthodontics Books Pdf,
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line910
|
__label__wiki
| 0.851196
| 0.851196
|
Nicholas Byfield (1579-1622)
A gracious preacher and puritan, thoroughly Calvinistic, and popularly received.
“A godly man must not impose on his conscience the necessity of observing such rules of practice that God has not prescribed.”
Biography of Nicholas Byfield (1579-1622):
Nicholas Byfield (1579–1622), a calvinistic puritan divine, a native of Warwickshire, son by his first wife of Richard Byfield, who became vicar of Stratford-on-Avon in January 1597. Nicholas was entered at Exeter College, Oxford, in Lent term 1596, as “aged 17 at least,” which gives 1579 as the latest date for his birth; and this answers to the original inscription on his portrait, “Ano Dei 1620 Aetatis suae 40,” thus making 1579 the earliest date. The second inscription (see below) shows that he was born in the last third of the year. He was four years at the university, but though a severe student did not graduate. Taking orders he intended to exercise his ministry in Ireland; but on his way there he preached at Chester, and was prevailed on to remain as one of the city preachers, without cure. He lectured at St. Peter’s church, and was extremely popular. John Bruen [q.v.] was one of his hearers, and a kind friend to him. In 1611 he got into a controversy on the sabbath question in a curious way.
A Chester lad, John Brerewood, was one of his catechists, and had been trained by Byfield in strict Sabbatarian habits. Consequently, when the lad went to London to serve as an apprentice, he refused to do his master’s errands on Sundays, such as fetching wine and feeding a horse, and obeyed only under compulsion. The lad wrote to Byfield with his case of conscience, and was told to disobey. His uncle, Edward Brerewood, first professor of astronomy in Gresham College, noticed the lad’s depression, and, learning its cause, gave him contrary advice, taking the ground that the fourth commandment was laid only upon masters. Brerewood opened a correspondence with Byfield on the subject. The discussion was not published till both Brerewood and Byfield had been long dead. It appeared at Oxford as “A Learned Treatise of the Sabaoth,…” 1630, (4to; second edition, 1631, 4to). Byfield’s part in it is curt and harsh; his manner roused Brerewood, who charges his correspondent with “ignorant phantasies”. On March 31, 1615 Byfield was admitted to the vicarage of Isleworth, in succession to Thomas Hawkes. It appears from his own statement in a dedication (1615) to Edward, earl of Bedford, whose chaplain he was, that his reputation had suffered from “unjust aspersions.” What he means by saying that he had been cleared “by the mouth and pen of the Lord’s anointed, my most dread soveraigne,” is not evident. At Isleworth he was diligent in preaching twice every Sunday, and in giving expository lectures every Wednesday and Friday. He kept up his public work till five weeks before his death, though for fifteen years he had been tortured with the stone. He died on Sunday, Sept 8, 1622. His portrait, painted on a small panel, hangs in Dr. Williams’s library. The face is lifelike and rather young for his years, with a pleasing expression. Painted over the lower part of the panel is a portentous figure of the calculus from which he suffered, accompanied by this inscription: “Mr. Nicholas Byfield, minister some times in the City of Chester, but last of Isleworth, in the county of Midellsex, where he deceased on the Lord’s Day September the 8th, anno domini 1622, aged nealy 43 years. The next day after his death he was opened by Mr. Millins, the surgeon, who took a stone out of his bladder of this form, being of a solid substance 16 inches compass the length way, and 13 inches compass in thickness, which weighed 35 ounces in weight.” This corresponds closely with the account given in William Gouge’s epistle prefixed to Byfield’s “Commentary upon the second chapter of the First Epistle of Saint Peter,” 1623, 4to. Gouge, who was present at the autopsy, makes the measurements of the calculus 15 inches about the edges, above 13 about the length, and almost 13 about the breadth. By his wife, Elizabeth, Byfield had at least eight children, of whom the third was Adoniram.
[Wood’s Athenæ Oxon. (Bliss), ii. 323; Brook’s Lives of the Puritans, 1813, ii. 297.; Cox’s Literature of the Sabbath Question, 1865, i. 159; authorities cited above; extracts from registers of St. Peter’s, Chester, and Isleworth.]
His Works:
Delivered from All Our Sins by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
Buy the Print Book HERE
The Promises of God by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
The Rules of a Holy Life by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
The Signs of a Wicked Man and the Signs of a Godly Man by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
The Assurance of God’s Love by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
Directions for the Private Reading of the Scriptures by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
The Cure of the Fear of Death by Nicholas Byfield – eBook
1. The Assurance of God’s Love, 1614, 8vo.
2. An Exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians…being the substance of neare seaven yeeres weeke-dayes sermons, 1615.
3. The Beginning of the Doctrine of Christ, &c., 1619, 12mo.
4. The Marrow of the Oracles of God, 1620,
5. The Promises; or a Treatise showing how a godly Christian may support his heart,” &c., 1618, 12mo.
6. Profitable Reading of the Scriptures.
7. The Cure of the Fear of Death.
8. The Signs of a Wicked Man.
9. The Spiritual Touchstone.
10. The Beginnings of Sin.
11. Collection of Sermons.
12. Collection of Treatises.
Byfield’s works were numerous, and most of them went through many editions, some as late as 1665. His expository works, which are Calvinistic, have been praised in modern times. His first publication was “An Essay concerning the Assurance of God’s Love and of Man’s Salvation,” 1614, 8vo. This was followed by “An Exposition upon the Epistle to the Colossians…being the substance of neare seaven yeeres weeke-dayes sermons,” 1615, fol. Brook gives abridged titles of fourteen works (eight being posthumous), adding “ several sermons,” but these are included in one or other of the collections previously enumerated in the list. The date of “The Beginning of the Doctrine of Christ,” &c., is not 1609, as given by Brook, but 1619, 12mo. “The Marrow of the Oracles of God,” 1620, 12mo (the last thing published by Byfield himself), is a collection of six treatises, which includes one separately enumerated by Brook, “The Promises; or a Treatise showing how a godly Christian may support his heart,” &c., 1618, 12mo. Brook does not fully specify the issues of separate parts of Byfield’s exposition of 1 Peter, nor does he give any indication of the later editions of the works.
Adoniram Byfield (1602-1660)
Alexander Gill (1565–1635)
Alexander Henderson (1583–1646)
Alexander Hume (1560-1609)
Andrew Gray (1634-1656)
Andrew Kingsmill (1538-1569)
Andrew Perne (1596–1654)
Anthony Burgess (1600-1663)
Anthony Tuckney (1599–1670)
Archibald Campbell (1598-1661)
Archibald Johnston (1611–1663)
Arthur Dent (d.1607)
Arthur Hesilrige (1601–1661)
Arthur Hildersham (1563-1631)
Bartholomew Ashwood (1622–1680)
Benjamin Pickering (n.d.)
Benjamin Rudyerd (1572–1658)
Benjamin Woodbridge (1622-1684)
Bernard Gilpin (1517-1583)
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Brocket (or Peter) Smith (1586–1653)
Calybute Downing (1606–1644)
Charles Herle (1598–1659)
Christopher Elderfield (1607-1652)
Christopher Ness (1621-1705)
Cornelius Burges (1589–1665)
Cuthbert Sydenham (1622–1654)
Daniel Burgess (1645-1713)
Daniel Cawdrey (Cawdry) (1588–1664)
Daniel Featley (1582-1645)
David Dickson (1583–1663)
Edmund Calamy (1600-1666)
Edmund Staunton (1600-1671)
Edward Corbet (d. 1658)
Edward Dering (1540-1576)
Edward Montagu (1602-1671)
Edward Pierce (1633-1694)
Edward Reynolds (1599-1676)
Ephraim Pagitt (1575-1647)
Ezekiel Culverwell (1553-1631)
Ezekiel Hopkins (1633-1690)
Francis Cheynell (1608-1665)
Francis Rous (1579–1659)
Francis Taylor (1589–1656)
Francis Whiddon (d. 1658)
Francis Woodcock, (1614-1649)
Franciscus Gomarus (1563-1641)
Francis Roberts (1609-1675)
Gaspar Hickes (d. 1677)
George Gifford (1547-1620)
George Gillespie (1613-1648)
George Morley (1598–1684)
George Swinnock (1627-1673)
George Walker (1581-1651)
Hannibal Gammon (1585-1674)
Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622 or 1623)
Henry Burton (1606-1654)
Henry Greenwood (d. 1634?)
Henry Hall (n.d.)
Henry Hammond (1605-1660)
Henry Newcome (1627-1695)
Henry Pendlebury (1626-1695)
Henry Roborough (d. 1650)
Henry Scougal (1650-1678)
Henry Scudder (d. 1659)
Henry Smith (1560-1601?)
Henry Tozer (1602-1650)
Henry Vane Jr. (1613-1662)
Henry Wilkinson (1610-1675) (Sr.)
Herbert Palmer (1601–1647)
Hugh Binning (1627-1653)
Humphrey Chambers (d. 1662)
Humphrey Hardwicke (n.d.)
Isaac Ambrose (1604–1663)
James Durham (1622–1658)
James Janeway (1636-1674)
James Ussher (1581–1656)
Jeremiah Whittaker (1599–1654)
John Arrowsmith (1602-1659)
John Ball (1585-1640)
John Beart (1673-1716)
John Bond (1612-1676)
John Brinsley (1600-1665)
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
John Campbell (n.d.)
John Carter (d. 1655)
John Clotworthy (d. 1665)
John Conant (1608-1694)
John Cook (1608–1660)
John Cotton (1585-1662)
John Dod (1549-1645)
John Downame (1571-1652)
John Durant (1620-1686)
John Dury (1596-1680)
John Earle (1601–1665)
John Eedes (1609-1667)
John Flavel (1630–1691)
John Forbes (1568–1634)
John Foxcroft (n.d.)
John Gibbon (b.c.1587)
John Glynne (1602–1666)
John Greene (d. 1660)
John Hacket (1592-1670)
John Harris (n.d.)
John Howe (1630-1705)
John Jackson (1600-1648)
John Kettlewell (1653-1695)
John Langley (n.d.)
John Ley (1583-1662)
John Lightfoot (1602-1675)
John Maitland (n.d.)
John Maynard (1600–1665)
John Philips (Phillips) (1585-1663)
John Preston, D.D. (1587–1628)
John Strickland (1601-1670)
John Trapp (1601-1669)
John Udall (1560–1592)
John Wallis (1616–1703)
John Ward (n.d.)
John White (1575-1648)
John Wilde (n.d.)
John Wilson (1588–1667)
Joseph Alleine (1634-1668)
Joseph Caryl (1602-1673)
Joseph Symonds (d.1652)
Joshua Hoyle (d. 1654)
Josias Shute (1588–1643)
Lazarus Seaman (1607–1675)
Lewis Bayly (1575-1631)
Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
Matthew Mead (1629-1699)
Matthew Newcomen (1610-1669)
Matthew Sylvester (1636–1708)
Michael Harrison (1640-1729)
Nathaniel Fiennes (1608–1669)
Nathaniel Hardy (1618–1670)
Nathaniel Holmes (or Homes) (1599–1678)
Nathaniel Ranew (1602–1678)
Nathaniel Vincent (1639-1697)
Nicholas Bound, D.D. (d. 1613)
Nicholas Chewney (1610-1685)
Nicholas Proffet (n.d.)
Obadiah Grew (1607-1689)
Obadiah Sedgwick (1600-1658)
Oliver Bowles (1574-1644)
Oliver Heywood (1630-1702)
Oliver St. John (1598–1673)
Paul Bayne (1573-1617)
Peter Du Moulin (1601-1684)
Peter Ramus (Petrus Ramus) (1515-1572)
Peter Sterry (1613-1672)
Philip Delme (n.d.)
Philip Henry (1631-1696)
Philip Nye (1595-1672)
Ralph Brownrig (1592–1659)
Ralph Venning (1622-1674)
Richard Allestree (1619-1681)
Richard Byfield (1598–1664)
Richard Capel (1586–1656)
Richard Gilpin (1625-1700)
Richard Greenham (1531?-1594)
Richard Heyrick (1600–1667)
Richard Holdsworth (1590–1649)
Richard Love (1596-1661)
Richard Rawlin (1687-1757)
Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)
Richard Steele (1629-1692)
Richard Vines (1600–1656)
Robert Baillie (1602–1662)
Robert Bolton (1572-1631)
Robert Cleaver (d. 1613)
Robert Crosse (1606–1683)
Robert Harris (1581-1658)
Robert Rich (1587–1658)
Robert Sanderson (1587–1663)
Robert Trail (1642-1716)
Samuel Bolton (1606-1654)
Samuel Clarke (1599-1682)
Samuel Crossman (1623-1683)
Samuel de la Place (1580-1637)
Samuel Gibson (n.d.)
Samuel Lee (1625-1691)
Samuel Petto (1624–1711)
Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)
Samuel Ward (1577-1640)
Samuel Willard (1640-1707)
Simeon Ashe (d.1662)
Stanley Gower (1600–1660)
Stephen Charnock (1628-1680)
Stephen Egerton (1555–1621)
Stephen Marshall (1594–1655)
Sydrach Simpson (1600–1655)
Theodore Bathurst (1587–1652)
Thomas Adams (1583-1652)
Thomas Baylie (1582–1663)
Thomas Blake (1597-1657)
Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
Thomas Carter (n.d.)
Thomas Cartwright (1535–1603)
Thomas Case (1598-1682)
Thomas Cawton (1605-1659)
Thomas Clendon (n.d.)
Thomas Cobbet (1608-1686)
Thomas Coleman (1598–1674)
Thomas Doolittle (1630-1707)
Thomas Ford (1598–1674)
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
Thomas Gattaker (1574–1654)
Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680)
Thomas Gouge (1605-1681)
Thomas Hill (d. 1653)
Thomas Hodges (1600-1672)
Thomas Hooker (1586-1647)
Thomas Jollie (1629-1703)
Thomas Manton (1620-1677)
Thomas Mockett (1602-1670)
Thomas Shepard (1605-1649)
Thomas Taylor (1576-1632)
Thomas Temple (1567–1637)
Thomas Thorowgood (n.d.)
Thomas Tuke (d. 1657)
Thomas Valentine B.D. (1586-1665)
Thomas Vincent (1634–1678)
Thomas Watson (1620-1686)
Thomas Westfield (1573-1644)
Thomas White (d. 1672)
Thomas Wilson (1563–1622)
Thomas Young (1587–1655)
Timothy Armitage (d. 1655)
Walter Cradock (Craddock or Cradoc) (1606–1659)
Walter Marshall (1628-1680)
Walter Yonge (1599–1649)
Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711)
William Attersoll (d.1640)
William Bates (1625-1699)
William Bridge (1600-1670)
William Carter (1605–1658)
William Fiennes (1582–1662)
William Fulke (1538-1589)
William Gearing (1625–1690)
William Gouge (1575-1653)
William Greenhill (1591-1671)
William Gurnall (1617-1679)
William Lyford (1598-1653)
William Mew (1602–1669)
William Nicholson (1591–1672)
William Pemble (1592-1623)
William Pierrepont (1607–1678)
William Pinke (1599–1629)
William Price (1597-1646)
William Rathband (n.d.)
William Sclater (1575-1626)
William Spurstowe (1605-1666)
William Strode (1598–1645)
William Strong (d. 1654)
William Twisse (1578–1646)
Zachary Crofton (1626-1672)
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line911
|
__label__wiki
| 0.728506
| 0.728506
|
Pope encourages unemployed not to be discouraged
ROMANO CANAVESE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI told the jobless of northern Italy that with faith and a commitment to justice and hard work they could be sure of a brighter future.
The pope traveled by helicopter to Romano Canavese, about 50 miles from his Alpine vacation home in Les Combes, for the recitation of the Angelus prayer July 19.
The town, near Ivrea, once was home to hundreds of employees of Olivetti, famed for its portable typewriters. Now owned by Telecom Italia, the company has gone from a high of 33,000 employees in 1970 to about 1,200 today. Unemployment in the Piedmont region, which includes Romano Canavese, has grown to 7 percent this year; the rate was 4 percent in 2007.
Pope Benedict told the estimated 10,000 people gathered in front of the parish church that the region’s people are known as enthusiastic and hard workers.
But, he said, today “many families are experiencing economic difficulties because of the lack of employment.”
“Dear friends, do not be discouraged,” he told them.
“Your grandparents were forced to emigrate because of a lack of jobs, but then economic development brought well-being and others immigrated here from around Italy and from abroad,” the pope said.
“The fundamental values of the family and respect for human life, sensitivity to social justice, the ability to face hard work and sacrifice, a strong attachment to the Christian faith through parish life and especially participation in the Mass have been your true strength for centuries,” he said.
Pope Benedict said those same values are the secret to building the town’s future, “giving life to a society truly marked by solidarity and brotherhood and where all the spheres of life, institutions and the economy are permeated by a Gospel spirit.”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line912
|
__label__wiki
| 0.63358
| 0.63358
|
Art + Auctions
A New Exhibition Features the Hopes—and Artwork—of Rikers Island Prisoners
The latest project from Steven and William Ladd pairs their telltale “scroll”-styled aesthetic with a timely social justice message
By David C. Kaufman
Simon Courchel/The Invisible Dog
The brothers and artists Steven and William Ladd have been making art together for nearly two decades—elaborately composed sculptural pieces that reflect their tactile and almost DIY approach to creativity. Yet while the Ladd Brothers, as they’ve become known professionally, have clearly cultivated a following for their distinctive aesthetic, the story behind their process is just as vital and compelling.
For nine years, the Ladd Brothers have worked with inmates at correctional facilities—most notably, New York City’s notorious Rikers Island. And the fruits of these partnerships—which have made a marked difference in both the brothers’ and inmates’ lives—are now on display at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn’s brownstone-filled Cobble Hill district.
A six-by-six foot “cage” from the new exhibition.
The gallery is currently home to “The Other Side,” an exhibition on display through October 17 that is inspired by the brothers’ experience with the NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) and the creativity and stories resulting from this work. “Our collaboration with the DOC came out of our work with a school in Brooklyn for ‘troubled’ kids back in 2011,” Steven Ladd explains. The experience—complete with ample student fights and in-school metal detectors—awakened the brothers to the complex structural challenges facing the kids and the stark reality of the school-to-prison pipeline.
“It was heartbreaking,” remembers Ladd, literally in tears. “We saw how hard it is for stigmatized people to be treated with respect.” Indeed, respect and tolerance anchored the brothers’ relationship with their inmate collaborators at every step of the artistic process. New inmates the Ladds recruited, for instance, were given packets filled with necessary art materials along with a questionnaire to better understand their feelings around imprisonment.
A timeline represents the collaborative artworks made with inmates throughout the years; it is the first time this work has been brought together into one exhibition.
“What one word describes incarceration for you,” the brothers asked each inmate. The responses were both heartbreaking and illuminating. “Victory,” began one inmate, “when everything that you think matters is taken from you, you realize it never mattered.” Another inmate said “Pain, because pain is what I caused my family by coming here.” And yet another described his imprisonment as a “blessing…nothing is what it seems, people look at the negative, but it could have been God saving your life.”
The Ladds recruited from throughout the prisons they entered—men, women, young folks, and older folks all had something to offer. And while many inmates reached the Ladds via prison staffers and facilitators, “some came to us by word of mouth; they wanted to be part of this process once they realized that everyone had something to give.”
The process itself was fairly straightforward: The inmates worked with materials provided by the Ladds to create the often scroll-like pieces that form part of the final work. Those final works were then completed by the Ladds and installed at the gallery. Although the individual inmates remain little known, their contributions clearly reflect their experiences—most dramatically in the exhibition’s timeline, which features the inmate contributions. There are also exhibition components evoking a jail cell, a metal detector, and a surveillance booth.
A video detailing the new exhibition and the Ladd Brothers’ inmate collaboration.
Since jails only house inmates for up to one year, “we had a pretty transient population working with us,” Ladd says. The brothers had also hoped inmates might encourage family or friends to visit the exhibition now on display, “but most said it would be too painful to have loved ones visit,” he continued.
Although “The Other Side” will only be mounted for a few weeks, the Ladds are simultaneously involved in longer-lasting works that still reflect their community-focused approach to art making. In Washington, D.C., the brothers worked with some 700 locals to create Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow—a 20-foot-long scroll-based work at REACH, which is part of the recently expanded Kennedy Center campus.
William Ladd, Phillip “Fabulous Phil” Johnson, and Steven Ladd in Brooklyn in 2016.
Photo: Bryan Bedder
The brothers are also part of the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies program and are currently completing a piece for the American embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay. Ladd says he had hoped to travel to South America as part of this process, but that trip—much like the hopes and dreams of his many inmate collaborators—remains an uncertainty.
ExploreArtad
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line913
|
__label__wiki
| 0.593051
| 0.593051
|
Summer Vocal Programs for Youth and Adults
Luigi Ricci
Details & Applications
Summer Program Details (age 18+)
Summer Program Application
Youth Division Details (ages 15, 16 & 17)
Youth Division Application
Roger Malouf
Roger Malouf is an Assistant Conductor with the Metropolitan Opera He is also Music Director of the opera workshop at the Mannes College of Music Extension Division, and is on the production staff of New York City Opera. In addition to being Music Director of the West Side Opera since 1989, he has conducted opera productions for Trinity Church on Wall Street, the Natchez Opera Festival, and the Little Opera Theatre of New York. As a coach, he has been associated with the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Austria, and with the International Vocal Institute in Croatia. Mr. Malouf has served as an accompanist at the Juilliard School, and has given master classes in art song and opera at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and at Portland State University in Oregon. He has assisted New York Grand Opera with their cycle of Verdi and Puccini operas in Central Park.
© Copyright 2021 Bel Canto
Bel Canto Institute 2021 Summer Programs in Florence, Italy are in a fluid state due to the pandemic. This means we are not accepting applications for 2021 at this time. With the United States Department of State advisory ‘Reconsider Travel to Italy’ and the current conditions in Italy and the United States, we are not able to move forward at this time. Safety of participants is always a major concern to this organization. Please check this site after January 1 for updates. We are hopeful.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line927
|
__label__wiki
| 0.58743
| 0.58743
|
South Africa Business Lobby Seeks Eskom Pact in Ramaphosa Speech
Antony Sguazzin
South Africa’s main business lobby said it’s working with labor unions and other social partners on enabling President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce a pact to rescue the debt-stricken state power utility in his state-of-the-nation address next week.
Representatives of Business Unity South Africa and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the nation’s biggest labor federation, said significant progress has been made in talks with the government on Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.’s 454 billion rand ($31 billion) debt burden.
“We all recognize pragmatically what needs to be done,” Busa Vice Chairman Martin Kingston said in an interview. There’s an objective to “ensure that all parties are on the same page as to what is practical and what is possible.”
Cosatu has proposed that Eskom’s debt be cut to 200 billion rand by using funds from state development institutions and the Public Investment Corp., which oversees 2.13 trillion rand of mainly government worker pensions.
Busa has insisted that any arrangement respect the principle of adequate reward for capital put at risk, that the mandates of the institutions concerned aren’t breached and the fiduciary duty of trustees isn’t compromised.
Ramaphosa is scheduled to deliver his annual address to lawmakers on Feb. 13.
“We would hope that the president could refer to mechanisms -- short-, medium- and long-term” -- to rescue Eskom, he said. There is “the issue of ensuring we can mobilize sufficient financial resources to fund projects going forward and alleviate the strain on the balance sheet.”
It’s likely that a “framework agreement” will be completed and signed within the next “couple of days,” said Matthew Parks, Cosatu’s parliamentary co-ordinator.
The private sector is unlikely to risk more capital on Eskom unless there is a major restructuring of its balance sheet and operating model, Kingston said. Much of Eskom’s current debt is guaranteed by the government.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line931
|
__label__cc
| 0.605811
| 0.394189
|
Charges dismissed
Case dismissed
Released on Personal Recognizance
Langlade county dismissed
An out-of-state college student met a girl on an on-line dating website. After several conversations via text as well as over the phone, the two decided to get together for a date. The date went well and the couple agreed to see each other a second time. Feeling that they had really hit it off, they kept corresponding and developed a strong interest in continuing what seemed like a wonderful relationship.
The young man made a second trip up to Wisconsin and met up with the girl. They went out to dinner, went for a walk by the lake, and then ended up getting a hotel room. The next day, he dropped her off at her house and went home feeling that this was the beginning of a long term relationship. Much to his surprise, a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Unbeknownst to the young college student, the girl of his dreams had lied about her age and it turned out that she was actually under the age of 16. He was heartbroken, and worse, his entire future that he worked hard for was now in jeopardy. Prosecutors didn't care that he had a straight A average in his classes, that he had prospects for significant internship opportunities, or that he had not even had a speeding ticket in his entire life. "The law is the law," and his belief about her age, even taking into account the lies she told, simply didn't matter to the prosecutors.
After a year and half of fighting for this client and steering the case toward the proper outcome, Attorney Obear was finally able to secure a complete dismissal of all of the charges against the college student. He is due to graduate soon, with his bright future secured.
Charge: Potential child sexual assault charge. Accused of indecently touching stepdaughter. Allegations surfaced after teacher heard girls talking about client “tickling.” Social worker interviews trumped this up to “touching” of an “intimate part.” We were able to secure a letter from the stepdaughter stating that she had been bullied by the social worker and recanted any supposed statement.
Venue: Milwaukee Co.
Result: No charges filed
Charge: 2nd degree sexual assault, kidnapping
Venue: Racine County
Result: Case dismissed after alleged victim’s sordid past was exposed and challenged in court; alleged victim chose not to appear at the trial
Charge: Fugitive from justice. Client was arrested in 2/08 on a sexual assault charge in Iowa. That case was dismissed in 6/08. The bond required no contact with the victim. Contact had been made on numerous occasions but no charges were ever filed. In 1/09, client moved to Wisconsin with her spouse. In 4/09, a complaint and warrant were issued in Iowa and Client was arrested as a fugitive in Wisconsin. Normally, fugitives are kept in custody until the requesting state comes and gets them. We obtained an agreement with the Iowa DA that client could be released on bond. The Wisconsin DA, however, objected. We were able to show the commissioner in Wisconsin that the client owned a home in Wisconsin, had turned herself in on the original charge and was never notified of the existence of the warrant.
Venue: Milwaukee County
Result: Released on Personal Recognizance Bond.
Charge: 10 counts of possession of child pornography on a computer, 1 count exposing child to harmful materials. Client’s ex-girlfriend accused him of possessing these images after he was arrested on battery charges involving her. However, defense experts proved through a forensic test of the computer that the pictures were all viewed under her login. Later, she admitted in an interview with defense investigators that he did not know her login and she did not know his.
Venue: Kenosha
Result: Not guilty
Charge: Failure to register as a sex offender, two separate criminal cases in 2 counties. Original incident occurred when client was a juvenile in group home. After turning 18 in 1992, client charged with a felony as an adult. Sex Offender Registration law was not passed until 1995. Sentencing judge never ordered registration and never mentioned it in court. Client’s probation officer later demanded it when law took effect. Worker from group home, whom client was instructed by court to obey, wrongly instructed him not to register. Charged in two counties and both wanted felony convictions and jail despite no offenses since 1992 conviction.
Venue: Shawano, Langlade
Result: Langlade County dismissed, felony charges in Shawano county amended to misdemeanor resisting or obstructing an officer, 2 years probation.
When KQ's family came to our firm, they were devastated having just learned that their son had been accused of sexual assault of a minor. Kirk went quickly to work to investigate and develop evidence in KQ's favor. Dedicating many late nights and weekends to the case, Kirk put together a case file that put the prosecution in a position to be unwilling to proceed on the charges. Ultimately, the charges were dismissed without the client spending a single minute in jail. He is now back on course to advance his career and put the nightmare of the allegations behind him.
The client was charged with Repeated 1st Degree Sexual Assault of a child, an extremely serious felony. Over the course of 18 months, Kirk filed motions which developed the defense against the charges in a way that made it impossible for the prosecutor to proceed. S was facing 80 years in prison, but when Kirk convinced the prosecutor to drop the charges, S walked out of the courtroom without any conviction at all.
Charge: Potential charges of sexual assault of a child. Client accused by step-nephew of several acts of touching and exposure. The boy’s father was the force behind making the boy make statements. Defense investigation exposed the boy as an habitual liar and emotionally troubled. When this was presented to prosecutors, they declined to charge.
Venue: Outagamie, Calumet
Charge: Appeal, new trial on charges of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child and Child Enticement. Client, 18, was out with girl, 14 as friends. They parked late at night and when police knocked on window, they were partially undressed. Police got girl to admit that client touched her breast. That was the sole allegation and client claims it was an accident when police came. Client had court-appointed attorney who talked him into pleading guilty to a felony. We appealed and got conviction reversed. At the new trial, the victim admitted to lying multiple times to police, prosecutors, defense, and investigators under cross examination.
Venue: Eau Claire
Result: Conviction reversed. Trial: Not Guilty.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line933
|
__label__cc
| 0.529597
| 0.470403
|
IRON MAIDEN Manager Confirms Plans For 'Early Years' DVD
IRON MAIDEN manager, Rod Smallwood of the Sanctuary Music Group, has confirmed via the band's official web site that plans exist for MAIDEN to issue a new DVD in the fall.
"You guys are always on the ball, and yes the rumours are correct," Smallwood writes. "There will be a MAIDEN DVD out in the autumn. It will relate to the early days of the band, and we will be giving you full details once they are in place. Needless to say it will be amazing — never has so much been packed into so little space!"
Among the footage material to surface on the as-yet-untitled DVD is the "Live at The Rainbow" concert video (previously released on PMI video), a newly filmed history of IRON MAIDEN, the "Top of The Pops" performance of "Women In Uniform" (1981), and the "Top of The Pops" performance of "Sanctuary" (1981). More information will be made available soon.
See New Trailer For SERJ TANKIAN Documentary 'Truth To Power'
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN Releases 'Rifle In Thought' Music Video From NORTH KINGSLEY Project
SAGA Releases Acoustic Version Of 'Wind Him Up' From 'Symmetry' Album
Progressive Rock Supergroup TRANSATLANTIC Launches 'Looking For The Light' Music Video
FOO FIGHTERS, JON BON JOVI And BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN To Perform At BIDEN-HARRIS Inauguration Event
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line935
|
__label__wiki
| 0.790706
| 0.790706
|
“She was scattered beyond recognition. She was never buried,” the tales of a child soldier turned single mother.
Abalo Irene OttoMarch 09,2019
Akot shows scares of the surgury done to remove bomb splinters from her arm in February, 2019.
Gulu-Uganda: Fifteen years after the end of the Lord’s Resistance Army Insurgency led by war lord Joseph Kony in Northern Uganda, the scares and wounds are still deep in the lives of many returnees, especially the formerly abducted girls. Whereas Parliament of Uganda is working on a Transitional Justice Policy, which surprisingly is being backed by Gen. Kahinda Otafire, the Internal Affairs Minister, the needs of these returnees to live a normal life in the community are individual efforts.
Lalam Stella Layom is the director, War Victims and Child Networking, an NGO that supports returnee mothers in Northern Uganda with over 800 members in Gulu, Lamwo, Nwoya and Amuru districts.
Lalam is a returnee mother who came back home with her two children and another boy who cried after her because his mother had disappeared. Lalam knew his mother and decided to escape with the child that later became her responsibility and integrated him among her children as her own son.
She says there are many issues that the returnees are battling at such a time when the NGOs that mainly handled relief aid during the war have departed from the region. A recent research shows that Gulu municipality has the highest number of mad people due to trauma from the war and children are the most affected.
Lalam explains that the country is sitting on a time bomb if the children of returnee child mothers are not supported to live normal lives. These she says are mothers who have deep wounds, both Physical and psychological.
36 year old Vicky Akot is among the many returnee mothers. Akot was abducted at the age of 12 years. She was in Primary Five at Kitgum Mixed Primary School. Her dream was to become a nun in the Catholic Church that she admired back home then. But on the fateful night of March 19th, 1995, Akot and 200 other children were rounded and abducted from their village in Palabek Kal, Lamwo district.
Akot was trained to fight as a child soldier.
“When you refuse, you are killed. When you try to escape, you are killed. Some of the children I know were killed along the way. They ask you if you want to rest when you say you are tired but instead kill you.”
Akot was trapped.
“My first thinking was, I was going to die. I would not see my parents again. But a second thought came when I saw many children younger than me carrying the gun and fighting.”
The children underwent training for two weeks at Palutaka in South Sudan in August, 1995. With the poor education background, Akot had it rough since she could not understand some of the rules and technicalities in the combat training.
“The drills were from 2:00am till morning. I had a log tied on my back for a gun for one week. The second task was to load the gun, one by one. Each of us had to learn. We were many. If you make a mistake, they spit on you so that you get angry and learn faster. “
Akot adds;
“I would not sleep. I didn’t know how to name the parts of a gun and I would be beaten to force me to learn faster.”
Among the group that Akot trained with, she recalls boys and girls of 9, 10 and 11 years who were younger than her but had to master the art of war to survive.
Akot’s first fight was in Lukung, a few kilometers away from her home village of Palabek. Later, she got used to the art of war and would follow commands just like the rest of the fighters.
“I killed many people, not face to face. But the bullets I shot must have killed people, not by will.”
In war, when people die, it is normal. Battle are won when an enemy is defeated. That is for the brave old men and women commanders but for Akot, everything was out of a dare will to keep aliive. Her night mare came during a fight with the Dinkas of South Sudan, near Corner Aruu Junction in 1996.
Akot was positioned with another colleague, Aol in a small hole that had been hurriedly dug due to the intensity of the battle.
“Aol and I jumped into the hole and took cover. Minutes later, I had an explosion. Little did I know that a bomb had hit Aol. It was thrown and fell directly on her. She was scattered beyond recognition. She was never buried.”
Akot sustained injuries but left the scene, traumatized. Little did she also know that the bomb splinters had entered her body. The splinters were removed from Lacor Hospital on the 7th/2/2019 with support from Refugee Law Project of Makerere University after unbearable pain on her back and left upper arm. She had difficulty in breathing and her left hand became too heavy to lift due to the pain.
But back then, after the battle that nearly took her life, the group that returned alive went to Nisutu, near Juba in South Sudan.
“We could even see the lights in Juba. President Salva Kiir was the one helping us. He would give us guns, food, and even medication because we were also fighting against the Dinka.” Akot recalls.
In 1999, Akot had settled as a fighter. She was forced sleep with many fighters but had her first born child at the age of 16 with a man she could recognise. She had fought and was given rest due to the pregnancy. Akot says delivery was by the mercy of God. The fighters had mid wives who had skills of Traditional Birth Attendants but lacked kits to deliver mothers. They turned to nature, like grass peels to make sharp razor like blades for cutting the placenta. The umbilical cords healed naturally and the babies were not immunized.
After giving birth to a second child in 2002, life became difficult for Akot and her two daughters. She could not adequately protect them from attacks and hatched a plan to escape in the night. She was scared but had the will.
“In December, 2002, I escaped and came to Uganda through Lute. My 3 year old child walked from South Sudan to Lacek Ocot Barracks in Pader district. My 6 months old baby was on my back, beddings on my head, one hand held the other girl. I came to the barracks with my children but we were almost killed.”
Akot says the soldiers did not trust that she had completely surrendered. This was the peak of the LRA insurgency and the Uganda People’s Defence Force commanders could have thought she was a spy for the rebels. Akot says she used her intelligence to judge who was genuine in helping and avoided eating whatever she was offered, took no medication and chose to corporate in other ways.
All she wanted was a safe place, a home for her daughters. She does not know where the home of the father to her girls is.
“In the bush, people change their names so it is difficult to even inquire from people if they know someone who was in the bush. Sometimes, the person could have committed so many wrongs during his fighting that the family do not even want to identify with him. So all I wanted was a place to keep my girls.”
Akot represents so many women who fought in the LRA war that lasted more than 25 years and want government support in raising their children to become responsible citizens.
“We ask all people we have wronged to forgive us. We did not intend to kill or hurt anyone. We are back home and want our children to live normal lives. ” A remorseful Akot says as she recollects her past.
Margerate Akello is another child fighter who was abducted at the age of 11 years and returned home with two boys and a pregnancy.
Unlike Akot who cannot trace the origin of her children’s Father, Akello tried and found their home in Kalongo, in Present day Agago District in 2007 but says there was no one to help. In 2010, she heard that the father of her children was killed. She has since decided to raise her boys as a single mother.
Akot decided to remarry in 2015 and had two children in her new home. She gained tailoring skills during her rehabilitation with then GUSCO, an NGO that supported returnees with counselling and skills training at the time.
Unfortunately, Akot’s second marriage was rocks and hills.
“He was a drunkard who never supported me with the children. I don’t drink. I requested that he sleeps on the bed and I sleep on the floor to keep peace between us when he is drunk. But later, his family became abusive on me when he reported that he suspects I can struggle him in the night.”
Akot left the marriage and is now a single mother of four.
For many returnee mothers in Northern Uganda, finding love and acceptance has been a nightmare. Many opt to stay a lone stressful and frustrated life but often find consolation in groups. These groups of former abductees has become a center of solace and a new hope for such mothers.
Akello a star in the 1995 Masaka Athletic competitions for selected Primary Schools from Uganda then, says returnee mothers need the support of Government to fully integrate in the community that they were thrown back into.
“I came back with two children and I was pregnant at the time. Amnesty gave me a certificate in 2004. But the only support I received were a hoe, one saucepan, other small things and 200,000/= to start a new life.”
Akello says it has not been easy.
Stella Lalam Layom emphasizes;
“We were not fully received when we surrendered to come back home. We have stayed for about 15 years without getting any support from government as mothers who returned with children from the bush. These children have no identity because we cannot trace their fathers. We were rejected by our parents,” Layom tells Gulu Municipality Member of Parliament, Lyandro Komakech during a meeting with returnee mothers in Gulu town recently.
Komakech is the Chair Land and Victims Support under the Acholi Parliamentary Group.
However, Komakech says there has been programs by the government of Uganda generally targeting war victims without specification to returnee mothers.
Komakech also says, there is no clear statistics on those to be supported since Uganda lacks a reparation policy to cater for the post conflict recovery process in Northern Uganda.
“We don’t trust the Office of the Prime Minister to manage the reconciliation and recovery fund. They do not have clear statistics on victims, corruption is high and we all know how victims’ funds have been misappropriated.”
On 13th February, Parliament approved a motion on livelihood support for formerly abducted women and support their specific needs in health, education and buisness.
The Minister for Northern Uganda and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament last month requested MP Lyandro to work with the victims and do a proper profiling and identifying of formerly abducted girls so that they are supported as an emergency program.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line937
|
__label__wiki
| 0.974622
| 0.974622
|
Nissan Waves the Green Flag, Will Race in Formula E Next Year
Greg Fink
FIA Formula E
Formula E race cars
A Nissan team will join those from Audi, BMW, and Jaguar among factory-backed entries in the Formula E racing series come the 2018–19 season. Nissan announced its future participation just as the all-electric motorsport is preparing to kick off its fourth season of racing on December 2 in Hong Kong with a field of 10 teams and 20 drivers.
The FIA-sanctioned racing series began in 2014 and immediately attracted talent such as former Formula 1 drivers Scott Speed, Nelson Piquet Jr., and Lucas di Grassi. The lightweight electric racing cars can produce up to 295 horsepower. Due to the vehicles’ limited range, each driver is allowed to jump into a fully charged second car midway through the race.
That all changes for the 2018–19 season, though, as the series is adopting a new chassis design and a new battery pack that will allow teams to go the full race distance on a single charge. Although the chassis and battery packs are standardized throughout the field, teams can homologate their own electric motors, which will be permitted to produce 335 horsepower in the fifth season. Mercedes-Benz and Porsche have also announced their intentions to field Formula E teams but not until the sixth season in 2019–20.
Everything You Need to Know About the Formula E Electric Racing Series
Jaguar EV to Star in Its Own Racing Series Alongside Formula E
Nissan Leaf Research: Photos, Specs, Reviews, and More!
The FIA’s hope is that the bigger battery packs and nonstandardized electric motors will spur development of real-world EV technologies by independent manufacturers—and generate more interest from racing fans. The news of Nissan’s entrance into Formula E coincides with corporate sibling Renault’s announcement that it will exit the series following the 2017–18 season.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line939
|
__label__cc
| 0.698785
| 0.301215
|
https://www.britannica.com/topic/trust-business
Assorted References
development in capitalism
In economic system: From commercial to industrial capitalism
…firms together into cartels or trusts or simply into giant integrated enterprises. Although these efforts dampened the repercussions of individual miscalculations, they were insufficient to guard against the effects of speculative panics or commercial convulsions. By the end of the 19th century, economic depressions had become a worrisome and recurrent…
monopoly controversy in United States history
In United States: Industrial combinations
A trust was a new type of industrial organization, in which the voting rights of a controlling number of shares of competing firms were entrusted to a small group of men, or trustees, who thus were able to prevent competition among the companies they controlled. The…
Roosevelt and anti-trust policies
In United States: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive movement
…about the spread of so-called trusts, or industrial combinations, which they thought were responsible for the steady price increases that had occurred each year since 1897. Ever alert to the winds of public opinion, Roosevelt responded by activating the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which had lain dormant because of…
speeches by
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line941
|
__label__wiki
| 0.958714
| 0.958714
|
Step back to a bygone age of industrial sights, sounds and smells of steam and diesel trains.
Keighley And Worth Valley Railway - for a nostalgic journey
The KWVR is a 5 mile heritage railway that opened in 1867 and runs between Keighley to Oxenhope via six stations.
It’s best known for its role in the 1970 film version of Edith Nesbit’s story The Railway Children, which can be walked, but has appeared in many other TV and film productions.
The Railway hosts many events throughout the year and attracts a wide range of visitors and enthusiasts.
A Potted History Of KWVR
The railway was built to serve over a hundred mills of the Worth Valley which needed coal and other supplies, as well as a means of taking the finished textiles to the wider world.
The later decline of the railway was due to a combination of installing electric motors to power the mill weaving looms, the introduction of diesel buses which made the journey for workers more convenient and the advent of central heating which didn’t require coal. The railway eventually closed in 1962.
After many years of volunteer struggle, the line re-opened to passenger traffic in 1968 and has since been lovingly operated by over a hundred volunteers and staff.
Prices & Opening Times
Trains run on Saturdays and Sundays, with ‘Santa Specials’ currently being planned.
Compartment prices – individual ticket £15, two £20, three £30, four £35, five £43, six £50, seven £58 and eight £65.
The Railway Children Walk
The Railway Children is a 1970 dramatization of E Nesbit’s Classic novel about three children whose lives dramatically change when their father is sent to prison, and their mother takes them to live in rural Yorkshire, uprooting them from their middle-class London life. Their new home backs onto a railway line, which brings unexpected adventures and new friends when the going gets tough.
The Railway Children Walk is approx 6 miles long and incorporates key film locations such as:
The Doctor’s house is at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth. It was built in 1779 and is where Emily, Charlotte and Anne grew up and wrote Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
‘Three Chimneys’, the family’s home and is approx a mile from Haworth and called ‘Bents Farm’. It still has lots of character and backs onto fields that meet the steam railway line and the nearby Oxenhope Station.
Oakworth Station where the station film shots were taken and which still has a gate, operated by somebody to open and close them when a train arrives.
The Railway Children film is an endearing family favourite and one that is still enjoyed today.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line943
|
__label__cc
| 0.742354
| 0.257646
|
Childcare and Early Years
Select a category Search all categories Advice and Support Childcare and Early Years Family Centres Family Information Things to do Youthspace
Domestic abuse is described as an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence often caused by a partner or ex-partner, a family member or carer.
Types of domestic abuse
Types of Domestic abuse can include, but are not limited to, the following:
Coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
Psychological and/or emotional abuse
Physical or sexual abuse
Financial or economic abuse
Harassment and stalking
Online or digital abuse
Gender and domestic abuse
Signs of domestic abuse
In most relationships, it is normal for couples and families to experience some difficulties. To understand and recognise whether that relationship is abusive, you need to think about how the behaviour of your partner or family member makes you feel. If their behaviour is making you feel scared, controlled or unable to ask for help, then that is considered abuse.
Recognising the signs of an abusive relationship:
A partner may frequently criticise your thinking or things you do and make you doubt yourself. An example of this might be that you are repeatedly told you are unattractive, so you might start believe this.
If you are feeling anxious or scared when your partner is around, and you feel you have to change your behaviour to avoid arguments, confrontation or violence.
If you are feeling intimidated by your partner when they get angry and are worried that their behaviour is unpredictable or aggressive.
You’re made to feel guilty and your partner might control you by telling you who you can and can’t see, or emotionally blackmail you.
Who can experience domestic abuse?
In most cases, women are more likely to experience domestic abuse and multiple incidents of it. The abuse is normally inflicted by a male partner and is often in the form of partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The abuse is experienced by all women, regardless of race, ethnic or religious group, sexuality, class, or disability.
Other forms of physical abuse against women and girls may be forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) and other so-called honour crimes. These crimes are perpetrated by family members, commonly with multiple perpetrators.
Helping Hands Programme
Helping Hands is a 6-week preventative programme for primary school children aged 5 to 11 years who have witnessed/experienced domestic violence and are now living in a safe and settled environment away from the perpetrator. It is run by is run by Women’s Aid the National Domestic Violence Charity.
The primary purpose of Helping Hands is to increase children’s understanding of feeling safe and to explore behaviours which will contribute to a safe environment. Each session has a different theme and the child workers will work through the activities with the children. Running alongside the programme is a group for the mothers to ensure that they are another source of support for their children; it also then gives the opportunity to deal with any issues that may arise from the process.
Email: helpline@womensaid.org.uk
Phone Sarah: 07918 184 616 (High Wycombe)
Phone Susan: 01296 436 827 (Aylesbury)
Or Freephone (24 hours): 0808 2000 247
Domestic Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault, Drugs and Alcohol Support Services
COVID-19 Health, Wellbeing and Parenting Advice and Support
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line944
|
__label__cc
| 0.734063
| 0.265937
|
0L6Bko5ip1Y8H8v2DuiAHsbZeT8SgspSwu7u5IT9
BulanKu
Platform media informasi dan tips tentang cinta, inspirasi, gaya hidup, kesehatan, olahraga, teknologi dan lainnya, Temukan informasi terkini dan terlengkap hanya di Bulanku.com
Privacy Policy for BulanKu
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at https://www.bulanku.com/p/contact.html.
At https://www.bulanku.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded by https://www.bulanku.com and how we use it.
Like many other Web sites, https://www.bulanku.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site - usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services's analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
https://www.bulanku.com uses cookies to store information about visitors' preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
→ Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on https://www.bulanku.com.
→ Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site's visitors based upon their visit to https://www.bulanku.com and other sites on the Internet.
→ Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL - http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include .......
Widget Bucks
Yahoo! Publisher Network
Azoogle
Kontera
Ads-Click
While each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site, an updated and hyperlinked resource is maintained here: Privacy Policies.
You may consult this listing to find the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of https://www.bulanku.com.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on https://www.bulanku.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site's third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
https://www.bulanku.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. https://www.bulanku.com's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. You may find a comprehensive listing of these privacy policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites. What Are Cookies?
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. https://www.bulanku.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that https://www.bulanku.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Friday, March 1st, 2019.
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.
Theme by BulanKu
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line946
|
__label__wiki
| 0.550594
| 0.550594
|
aap3 Recruitment
aap3 Recruitment Elevates the Client and Candidate Experience with Bullhorn CRM
aap3 Recruitment At a Glance
Perm, Contract
EMEA, NA, UK
Website www.aap3recruitment.com/
aap3 Recruitment’s existing system was a hosted platform which resulted in multiple data losses over a period of years
The team was using software that had limited functionality and so was not adopted by the entire company
aap3 Recruitment’s mobile workforce couldn’t access the existing platform ‘on the go’
A flexible, cloud-based system with ease of use
A system that could be fully customised to meet the needs of the business
A platform which was scalable and could grow with the business
aap3 Recruitment’s partnership with Bullhorn has enabled it to substantially improve the candidate and client experience
The team has benefited from a fully customised workflow set up for internal and external recruitment
aap3 Recruitment has reduced its spend on external job boards in the three years since
aap3 Recruitment was founded in 1998 as a specialist IT recruiter based in Southampton, England. The company experienced rapid growth, quickly expanding into the USA, with offices in San Jose, California, and Cary, North Carolina. Today they provide recruitment and managed services to clients across the UK, Europe, and North America.
Bullhorn caught up with Darren Weeks, UK Recruitment Operations Manager of aap3 Recruitment, to explore how partnering with the world’s leading recruitment software has contributed to its success. Prior to Bullhorn, aap3 Recruitment was using an ATS riddled with problems. It was far from user friendly and, as Darren commented “putting data into it was fine, but it was a little bit like witchcraft trying to work out how to get things back out of it. So, no one used it.” Additionally, it was hosted on in-house servers which resulted in data being lost on a couple of occasions. The team decided that it needed to find a platform that could support its growth plans rather than impede them. It was looking for something that was scalable so that as the company grew, the system would too. It was also important to find a cloud-based system given the previous data losses and one that enabled customisation. As Darren commented, “we wanted something where we didn’t just have to take what came out of a tin and accept it for what is was, we wanted to be able to change it, to make it work for the business.”
Darren and his team soon realised that Bullhorn ATS & CRM was the best choice. In fact, aap3 Recruitment’s US operation was already a client and after seeing how the team was using it, how flexible it was, and how it was contributing to the company’s success, it was a fairly easy decision. And the team has been particularly impressed with Bullhorn’s ease of use, the training provided, and the flexibility of the system. A number of aap3 Recruitment’s veteran consultants have even said they wished they had been given access to a platform like Bullhorn in their previous roles.
“We’ve got recruiters who have been in the industry for 25 years who have said ‘I wish I had this at my last three companies, it’s just brilliant.’”
Darren Weeks aap3 Recruitment
Bullhorn ATS & CRM had an immediate impact on how aap3 Recruitment was able to differentiate itself from its competition, allowing the team to substantially improve the client experience. “It’s a tool that we’re actually proud to talk to our clients about”. The ability to go into a client meeting and show them suitable candidates, there and then, has been a real benefit, and something that they “are really impressed with”. aap3 Recruitment also believes the integration with third-party systems within the marketplace is a real plus as “recruiters can now handle timesheet queries because they can see them within the system” which substantially reduces the time spent dealing with queries.
Darren also noted that the ability to find candidates has increased exponentially since using Bullhorn. However, it has also “given us much better control over the candidate experience”, which he attributes to the platform’s ability to track each candidate’s journey and, crucially, where they are in the application stage so feedback can always be given. And unlike the incumbent system, Bullhorn has enabled recruiters to source alternative positions for applicants who have been unsuccessful in a particular role. “The problem was you would get a similar role and in the old system, you couldn’t find the candidate again…with Bullhorn it’s very easy to go back in and have another conversation with them”.
Demo Bullhorn
aap3 Recruitment has impressive growth plans over the next couple of years–both in terms of headcount and the sectors in which it operates. The company has already taken advantage of many of Bullhorn’s integrations—such as the VMS automation and Bullhorn Canvas—so it doesn’t currently plan on adding to this, however, it will certainly be looking to secure new licenses to accommodate its ambitious growth strategy. And it will ensure that the team is making the best use of Bullhorn’s continual evolution to guarantee that it’s always one step ahead of its competition and offering clients and candidates a superior service.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line947
|
__label__cc
| 0.543937
| 0.456063
|
New law targets ‘jobsworth culture’
New legislation designed to tackle an “’elf and safety and jobsworth culture” has taken its first steps towards becoming law.
The Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 12 June and is set to come into force early in 2015.
The Bill has been developed following concerns that people may be put off from taking part in voluntary activities or helping others or helping out in emergencies because they are worried about risk and liability.
The government said it also wanted to make sure that when people such as employers had been taking a responsible approach towards the safety of others during an activity, and something went wrong, the courts would take account of the circumstances.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said on 2 June that the Bill was designed to “slay much of the ‘elf and safety’ and jobsworth culture that holds back so much of our society.
“All too often people who are doing the right thing in our society feel constrained by the fear that they are the ones who will end up facing a lawsuit for negligence.
“Take the responsible employer who puts in place proper training for staff, who has sensible safety procedures, and tries to do the right thing. And then someone injures themselves doing something stupid or something that no reasonable person would ever have expected to be a risk. Common sense says that the law should not simply penalise the employer for what has gone wrong.”
The government said that the Bill would not give individuals “licence to take unnecessary risks with people’s safety or leave the injured party without a remedy when the defendant has failed to meet the appropriate standard of care.
“However, it will send a strong signal to reassure people that the courts will consider, in all cases, the wider context of the defendant’s actions before reaching a conclusion on liability.”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line948
|
__label__cc
| 0.67389
| 0.32611
|
North AmericaEMEAAPAC
InterviewsSectorsCompaniesVideosListsMagazine
#Goodluck Jonathan#Africa#China#Abuja#World Econmic Forum on Africa#business environment#infrastructure investment
[Video] Africans need to invest in Africa to build confidence among investors
|May 9| 12 min read
Follow @ ShereeHanna
Follow @ AfricaBizReview
Picture: copyright World Economic Forum/Benedict von Loebell
Africa's prosperity can only be driven by inclusive growth strategies that create jobs and include all Africans.
Panellists in the opening plenary of the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa agreed that the opportunities are enormous, but many countries still need a conducive business environment, infrastructure and the right skills.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of Nigeria, told participants that the need to create jobs is a global problem.
In Africa, the unemployment problem is compounded by its youthful population and pending demographic transition.
The President said: “An additional 112 million workers will enter Africa's labour force by 2020 … this is daunting and should be a wake-up call to all of us in Africa to work harder on job creation with a great sense of urgency.”
Job creation is the main focus of Nigeria's Transformation Agenda, the nation's plan to modernize and diversify the Nigerian economy by focusing on priority sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, housing and construction, and the services sectors.
“We are working to unlock the obstacles faced by businesses so they create jobs,” Jonathan added. “We must ensure there is a maximum inclusiveness through creating opportunities for people to create opportunities for themselves.”
In a special address, Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, pledged continuing cooperation and will prioritise infrastructure development.
“We will work with Africa to upgrade and build transport infrastructure to promote connectivity on the African continent.” This includes a high-speed railway, a network of expressways and an aviation network.
China also plans to “vigorously advance” the African Talents Program, providing 18,000 scholarships to African students and training 30,000 African professionals. Training schemes will also be offered by China's enterprises and Confucius Institutes in Africa.
“China will step up its investment and financing cooperation with Africa by providing an additional $10 billion in credit to make its pledged credit line a total of $30 billion,” Li said. "[We will add] another $2 billion to make the China-Africa Development Fund a total of $5 billion.”
The Chinese government will also provide Africa with $10 million to protect its wildlife and biodiversity and promote sustainable development across the continent.
Africa's corporate environment is conducive to doing business, argued Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Nigeria; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa. “People talk only about the bad side, but there are lots of opportunities,” he said.
Dangote added that Nigeria and many other countries create opportunities for capital allowance, zero duty and valued-added tax on machinery, as well as tax holidays.
His company took the risk of investing in Nigeria. “The biggest challenge today is that some [Africans] would rather keep money abroad. You are not creating confidence. You must invest your own money to encourage foreign investors.”
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, said Rwanda has flourished by encouraging the private sector to “do what they know the best” but, at the same time, make a difference in people's lives.
He said: “You can get impressive growth rates by a few companies, but it is not a zero-sum game where people grow at the expense of others … policies to encourage inclusive growth and create jobs must be driven by political will.”
Rwanda invested in universal healthcare, education and vocational and technical training. Investments in agriculture, for example, have lifted one million people out of poverty.
The 24th World Economic Forum on Africa is being held in Abuja, Nigeria, and the three day conference concludes today. The theme of the meeting is Forging Inclusive Growth, Creating Jobs.
The Co-Chairs of the meeting are Dominic Barton, Managing Director, McKinsey & Company, United Kingdom; Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Heineken, Netherlands; Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Nigeria; Bineta Diop, President, Femmes Africa Solidarité, Switzerland; Jabu A. Mabuza, Chairman, Telkom Group, South Africa; Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, India; John Rice, Vice-Chairman, GE, Hong Kong SAR
Video courtesy of World Economic Forum
Business Chief is a ‘Digital Community’ that connects the world’s largest brands and their most senior executives with the latest trends pivoting towards technology and digital transformation.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line949
|
__label__cc
| 0.737377
| 0.262623
|
Road to the White House 2012
Herman Cain-Newt Gingrich Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate
2011-11-05T19:54:06-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/755/302440-m.jpgRepublican 2012 presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich met in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate on current economic and social issues facing the U.S. The debate focused on entitlement programs, deficit spending, the national debt, and the role of media in election campaigns.
Due to technical problems at the event, audio quality is poor for the first 15 minutes of the debate.
Republican 2012 presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich met in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate on current economic and social… read more
Republican 2012 presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich met in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate on current economic and social issues facing the U.S. The debate focused on entitlement programs, deficit spending, the national debt, and the role of media in election campaigns.
Due to technical problems at the event, audio quality is poor for the first 15 minutes of the debate. close
Filter by Speaker All Speakers Herman Cain Newt Gingrich Steve King Benjamin Earl Streusand
Herman Cain Presidential Candidate [R] United States
Newt Gingrich U.S. Representative (Former) [R] Georgia
Steve King U.S. Representative [R] Iowa
Benjamin Earl Streusand U.S. Representative Candidate (Former) [R] Texas
Texas Tea Party Patriots PACTexas Tea Party Patriots PAC
The Woodlands, Texas, United States
Nov 05, 2011 | 7:54pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Nov 05, 2011 | 10:31pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
See all on Gingrich Cain
Newt Gingrich News Conference
Republican 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich held a news conference in which he outlined his 50-state strategy and…
Des Moines Register Editorial Meeting with Newt Gingrich
Republican 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was interviewed by Des Moines Register editorial board members. He…
Newt Gingrich Town Hall Meeting
Republican 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich held a town hall meeting at the Blue Marlin restaurant. He said that if he…
Newt Gingrich Viewer Questions
Newt Gingrich answered telephone questions about the 2012 presidential primary campaign. Among the topics he addressed…
User Clip: Ginrich on Social Security
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line951
|
__label__cc
| 0.507938
| 0.492062
|
69th Anniversary of the Billy Graham Crusade featured in "Unbroken: Path to Redemption"
The evangelist launched his Greater Los Angeles Revival on September 25, 1949.
That crusade plays a prominent role in the film just as it did in the actual life of Louis Zamerini, the WWII hero whose journey to faith is the focus of the biopic.
Returning home after two years of brutal captivity in Japanese POW camps, Zamperini had fallen into despair and alcoholism as he struggled with post-traumatic stress. His wife Cynthia was able to convince him to go to listen to the young preacher.
That changed everything: Zamperini committed his life to Christ, forgave his former captors and turned away from alcohol. His journey is movingly captured in the Harold Cronk-directed film, which is now in its second week in theaters.
Billy Graham's grandson, Will Graham, who is also a preacher, plays his famous grandfather in the movie. In a recent article for Foxnews.com, the younger Graham reflected on the anniversary of the Los Angeles Crusade, saying it inspires him to live his life to reflect God's love.
" I’m making a decision to be more intentionally aware that every person I come into contact with is fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. Whether they agree with me or not, whether they like me or not, they are loved by God and deserve no less from me."
Check out the entire Will Graham article here. And go see Unbroken: Path to Redemption...it will inspire you.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line954
|
__label__cc
| 0.540841
| 0.459159
|
May 1, 2019Culture, Evangelism & Discipleship
One-on-One with Ronnie Floyd on the National Day of Prayer
“If we truly want unity and peace in America, we must return to God and remember that our highest calling is to love him and one another.”
Image: discoveram.com
Tomorrow, May 2, is the National Day of Prayer—a day anticipated by many across this country. Each year we talk about it on The Exchange because I believe it’s important that all Christians take part in it on some level. Below I talk with Ronnie Floyd, president of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.
Ed: A quick glance at the news tells us America is still struggling with division and polarization. From your perspective, what is the spiritual state of America?
Ronnie: I was recently reading a Gallup poll on the emotional state of America. Honestly, I wasn’t surprised the pollsters found that Americans are among the most stressed people in the world or that nearly half of the U.S. population — 45 percent — feel burdened by worry. I definitely wasn’t surprised to learn 1 in 5 Americans experienced a lot of anger last year. But I was surprised by one detail in the poll that in itself speaks volumes: despite an improving economy, Americans are more stressed, more worried and angrier than in years past.
The report says, “The disconnect between a strong economy and Americans' increasing negative emotions illustrates how GDP and other hard economic data only tell part of the story. In fact, the levels of negative emotions in the past several years are even higher than during the U.S. recession years.”
What this tells us is that happiness and personal fulfillment are not necessarily dependent on our circumstances. Being a pastor, this makes perfect sense to me. I’ve seen it in people’s lives, and I see it in America as a whole. I believe America’s political and social problems — all the division, hostility and polarization we see every day — are actually problems of the human heart, and fixing them requires a spiritual solution. If we truly want unity and peace in America, we must return to God and remember that our highest calling is to love him and one another.
Ed: Some people may argue that America is a secular nation and that observing a National Day of Prayer actually violates the concept of church and state separation. What is your answer to that argument?
Ronnie: Although many people would make us believe America is a secular nation that wants nothing to do with religion, the truth is faith has always been a part of our story, and prayer, specifically, is an undeniable part of our DNA as a people.
In fact, if you look at every great moment in American history — whether it's the pilgrims kneeling at Plymouth Rock after reaching the New World, Rev. Jacob Duché’s prayer at the First Continental Congress as state delegates decided whether to declare independence from Great Britain or President Abraham Lincoln’s declaration for a day of prayer and fasting during the height of the Civil War — prayer always has been present in the room.
Our forefathers understood that America has prospered not necessarily because of how great we are as a people but because of how great God is and how much he has blessed us. This is why they repeatedly called for days of fasting and prayer for America. As a people, we are forgetful and we need to remember God’s providence and sovereignty.
The National Day of Prayer, first created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and then designated as the first Thursday of May in 1988, follows in this great American tradition. It’s a day set aside for us to pray for our nation, our leaders and our communities and recognize God’s hand over our lives.
Ed: The theme for this National Day of Prayer is “Love One Another.” Why focus on love?
Ronnie: If we are honest with ourselves, as Christians we are really good at making ourselves known for a lot of things: where we stand on the sanctity of human life and the integrity of the family unity, our creeds and denominational affiliations, our achievements and institutions — you name it.
But when you look at Scripture, it’s pretty evident that we should be known for one — and only one — thing. “A new command I give you: Love one another,” Jesus says in John 13:34-35. “As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” The Apostle Paul takes it a step further in 1 Corinthians 13:3 when he says, “If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
Love is what sets us apart as Jesus’ followers. When we love one another — through hardship and heartbreak, pain and loss — the world sees God’s love in action. And it’s love that beckons us to cross whatever dividing lines society might have drawn between ourselves and other people and work toward healing and unity.
Recently, love has been painfully absent in America, including in the church. This is why we are emphasizing the theme of love and reminding the church that it’s our highest calling.
Ed: The National Day of Prayer is coming up next Thursday. What’s your vision for it, and how can churches get involved?
Ronnie: We are expecting thousands upon thousands of public gatherings across all 50 states that will pray for a “Love One Another” movement to sweep over America — from our homes to our churches, communities, local governments, Congress, the White House and beyond. We are believing God can change our nation if we turn to him with our whole hearts.
Every church in America can participate in the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 2. Our website, NationalDayofPrayer.org, has a digital toolbox with prayer guides, videos and a platform to create a prayer event in your community or find one near you.
We also will live stream the National Observance which will be held Thursday at National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol at 7:30 p.m. EST. People can join via our Facebook page, website and via their local Daystar TV channel.
National Day of Prayer | Prayer | United States
January 13, 2021Interviews
A brief overview of Ed Stetzer's interview with Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health
January 7, 2021Evangelism & Discipleship, Leadership
How’s the COVID-19 Dance Going 10 Months into the Pandemic?
We must continue to innovate and persevere through the ongoing pandemic.
Ed Stetzer and Josh Laxton
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line955
|
__label__wiki
| 0.585854
| 0.585854
|
Special to Scene
This page is provided exclusively to Scene each week by staffers at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. To learn more, call 828-254-6734 or visit malaprops.com. The events described here are free.
Stories behind Pink Floyd
While I am a child of the '80s and early '90s, I grew up listening to Pink Floyd. My father would pop "The Wall" in the tape deck and we would cruise the streets of Winston-Salem. I still remember the haunting yet transfixing songs and what it was like to grow up with their music.
After high school, I moved to Asheville to attend college, where I studied music technology. As I learned more about music production, I came to realize just how much impact Pink Floyd has had on music today and the way we envision guitar sounds, variant techniques and songwriting.
The 45th anniversary of "The Dark Side of the Moon" occurred this year and in conjunction, Bill Kopp has released a fantastic book, "Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon."
This in-depth yet very readable biography explores how Pink Floyd has changed and experimented with identity throughout almost 50 years. Starting in the '60s, their story has had many twists and turns, as well as different lineups.
I absolutely love the detail Kopp has given to the creative recording process of each album. While the band members have their own narratives, the book seamlessly intertwines the conflict and also beauty to form a fascinating and comprehensive story presented through their music.
Kopp has been featured in numerous music magazines, is an editor at Blurt online and has written the liner notes for more than 20 albums.
Kopp will present "Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon" at 6 p.m. March 8 at Malaprop’s. —Patrick Kukucka
RELATED: Cats pounce, mountains rise this week at Malaprop's
'Saving Faith'
Join a conversation about faith in action at 6 p.m. March 6. Guy Sayles, pastor of First Baptist Church for 13 years, will interview Elizabeth Osta, author of "Saving Faith: A Memoir of Courage, Conviction, and a Calling."
"Saving Faith" tells the tender, humorous and sometimes traumatic but always blessed tale of the author's 9-year journey in the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, New York. Osta's stories and vignettes bring to life the days of convent life in the 1970s.
According to the author's website, readers of "Saving Faith" will journey "back to the 1960s and 1970s with author Elizabeth Osta as she recalls in clear detail a lived experiment in activism, spirituality, education, Catholicism, the meaning of vows, and the dreams and sometimes harsh realities of following a calling."
Osta is also the author of "Jeremiah's Hunger," set at the height of the Irish famine of the 1840s. Learn more at her website, elizabethosta.com.
MORE MALAPROP'S: Bald and happy: Hiking & aging discussed at Asheville's Malaprop's
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line957
|
__label__wiki
| 0.837918
| 0.837918
|
Kent Tukeli
Kent Tukeli covers a wide variety of sports and entertainment events, specializing in the analysis of North American sports markets. His work has appeared in ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and dozens of sites worldwide over the past decade.
VR Revolution: Virtual Reality at Online Casinos
One of the upcoming revolutions in online gaming will be the growth of virtual reality casinos.
The ability to provide players with a casino experience that mimics the look and feel of the real thing increases the enjoyment of online gaming. As technology continues to evolve, the best virtual reality casinos and VR casino games will start to replace travelling to places like Vegas.
The Hottest Wag Of the Week : Elaine Alden
There's no accounting for the twists and turns that a man experiences throughout his life. Landry Fields went from a top NBA rookie to being out of the NBA within the span of a few years. However, he met Elaine Alden during his two strong seasons with the New York Knicks, before he transferred to the Toronto Raptors. Despite an injury that prevented him from playing ball, Fields turned out to be a lucky man.
Meet Noureen DeWulf, Ryan Miller’s Wife!
Noureen DeWulf and Ryan Miller are one of the most significant power couples in the NHL, combining their celebrity to make waves across the league and contribute to charitable causes. Despite being from completely different lives, Noureen and Ryan match up with each other extremely well. They even ended up on reality TV through the Hockey Wives show.
Ten Funniest Tweets from Conor McGregor's Twitter
Conor McGregor was able to transcend the UFC and become an international superstar through his ability to self promote.
The fighter combined devastating knockouts in the octagon with a killer social media presence to become one of the most well-known fighters over the past decade. We take a look at ten of his funniest tweets, which include roasts, self-promotion, and even a big losing bet.
Playtech and Bet365 launch Casino in New Jersey
The expansion of sports gambling in the United States continues with an exciting new partnership between Playtech, Bet365, and Hard Rock Casino. The trio plan to revitalize casino and sports betting action in Atlantic City, including new gaming technology. This is the first step for Playtech in the United States, and an expansion east for Bet365, who already had a deal set up in Colorado.
Meet Dion Phaneuf's Wife Elisha Cuthbert
When Elisha Cuthbert and Dion Phaneuf first met, many assumed that the pair would follow in the footsteps of other famous matches with famous hockey players.
However, the two quickly proved to be an ideal couple. Cuthbert, a Hollywood star from the 24 television series, and Phaneuf, the former captain of the Maple Leafs, have outlasted their naysayers.
Kim Clavel Boxer Worked as a Nurse During the Coronavirus
WBC champion Kim Clavel was about to start her first title defence in home soil before the coronavirus cancelled the event. Instead of moping, Kim donned her nursing gear and some PPE to help seniors in overwhelmed long-term care homes. She was recently recognized for the Pat Tillman Award, presented by the ESPYS to athletes who selflessly serve their community.
Quebec's Major Junior Hockey League Plans to Return in October
As Quebec relaxes restrictions and begins to reopen the economy, the Quebec Junior Major Hockey League announced that they have started to move towards resuming competition at the beginning of October.
They're planning for a full season with some fans attending events. The rest of the Canadian Hockey League will be paying close attention to how the QMJHL proceeds during unprecedented times.
California Sports Betting is Close to Being Legalized
As the government moves towards making sports betting legal in California, debate throughout the state will begin to rise. The largest population in the United States - and the richest economy - will soon decide whether to regulate sports wagering after the motion was raised in the senate.
Many states across the U.S. have already followed the lead of the federal government loosening restrictions. Will California send ripples across the sports betting world in 2020?
Top 10 Best Players USA Olympic Basketball Team
The United States Olympic Men's basketball team is one of the most dominant forces in the history of the Olympic Games. Whenever the U.S. assembles its best and brightest, the rest of the world doesn't have much of a chance.
The 1992 Dream Team was considered the greatest squad ever assembled, but the top ten U.S. Olympic basketball players span 70 years of basketball history.
Worst Super Bowl Commercials
Watch Super Bowl in Canada
Worst Super Bowl Half Time Shows
All time Super Bowl Champions
Making money during the Super Bowl
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line958
|
__label__cc
| 0.702595
| 0.297405
|
2021 Wilmington Nature Spots Guide
Airlie Gardens
Arlie Gardens is home to a stunning collection of natural gardens and eye-catching artworks which continually impresses visitors to the Wilmington area. Established in 1901, and originally used as a private garden for...
Arrowhead Park
Arrowhead Park is a fun destination for Wilmington locals and visitors alike to take a break from the waves, and dive into a little outdoor entertainment outside the waterfront realm. Located just south of the heart of...
Burgwin-Wright House Museum and Gardens
The Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens is the oldest and largest historic site in downtown Wilmington. They’re eight colonial structures left in Wilmington, four on are the property. Three ballast stone...
Cape Fear Riverboats
Narrated sightseeing tours, dinner cruises & private charters on the Cape Fear River. Featuring the Captain J.N. Maffitt, The John Knox, and Jacob's Run Cape Fear Riverboats is Wilmington NC’s longest...
Captain Charles Robbins' Cape Fear River Adventures
Captain Charles Robbins' Cape Fear River Adventures is a top-rated touring company that takes explorers to the backwaters of the local Cape Fear rivers and streams where the local wildlife thrives. From basic...
Ev-Henwood Nature Preserve
Take a walk on the Cape Fear’s wild side with a visit to the Ev-Henwood Nature Preserve – a scenic 174-acre natural area that’s a prized component of the University of North Carolina Wilmington...
The northernmost coastal region of Carolina Beach is home to the Freeman Park Recreation Area, a stretch of shoreline that is well known to adventurous, beach-loving 4WD truck owners. Unlike other stretches of the...
Greenfield Lake Park
Greenfield Lake Park is known as one of Wilmington’s coolest and most scenic destinations, and is a vast public park that’s located just south of the historic downtown area. Located on the western edge of...
Greenfield Park and Museum
Haleyburton Park
Halyburton Park, (also known by its formal name of Halyburton Memorial Park), is a 58-acre nature preserve that features a lengthy biking and hiking trail, a number of public facilities, and a scenic glimpse into the...
Halyburton Park
Halyburton Memorial Park is a perfect respite for visitors who want to take a break from the busy Downtown Wilmington shopping, dining and attractions, and just relax amidst the natural ponds and unique rolling sand...
Herbert Bluethenthal Memorial Wildflower Preserve
It's easy to miss the Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve. Located on the outskirts of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's campus, this preserve was all but wiped away by the 1970s due to encroaching...
Hugh MacRae Park
Hugh McRae Park is a centrally located public park that features a wealth of natural beauty and scenery, as well as plenty of activities to keep park-goers of all ages engaged. Located just south of the UNCW campus, and...
James E.L. Wade Park
Situated in a quiet and primarily residential corner of the city of Wilmington, the James E.L. Wade Park is a surprising and engaging destination for locals and visitors alike who want to experience the Great Outdoors...
New Hanover County Arboretum
The New Hanover County Arboretum, located on the outskirts of Downtown Wilmington on Oleander Drive, is a peaceful retreat for nature lovers everywhere. With seven acres of greenery, and gorgeous foliage that changes...
Outdoor lovers and active visitors of all tastes will have a fine time at the engaging Ogden Park. Located just northeast of the Downtown area, and convenient to Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach visitors alike, this...
Poplar Grove Plantation
Wilmington visitors can enjoy a visit to one of the oldest peanut plantations in the country with an easy drive to the Poplar Grove Plantation. Located just north of the center of Wilmington along US Highway 17, this...
River Road Park
Tucked away on the edge of the Cape Fear River just a few miles south of Downtown Wilmington, the River Road Park is a popular launching point for a myriad of adventures that can range from kayaking and boating...
All Downtown Wilmington visitors should make a date with the Riverwalk, a long wooden walkway that follows the borders of the Cape Fear River and which provides plenty of unparalleled vistas along the way. Cruising past...
Snow’s Cut Park
Situated on the edge of the Cape Fear River and the Intracoastal Waterway, and located just a quick cruise away from the Atlantic Ocean, Snow’s Cut Park is a popular destination for anglers, birdwatchers, and...
Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Garden
Garden fans and everyday explorers alike will love discovering the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Garden – a hidden gem that’s found in the busy heart of central Wilmington. Located along Independence Blvd., and...
Trails End Park
Water lovers who want to explore the picturesque waters of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), or who want an easy trek to the nearby Masonboro Island, will want to head to the small but scenic Trails End Park.
Other Activities in Wilmington
Birding Spots
Crafting Activities
Entertainment and Shows
Kitesurfing Lessons
Nature Spots
Paddleboarding Lessons
Paddleboarding Tours
Nature Spots in Other Towns
Michael's Seafood Restaurant & Catering
Michael's Seafood Restaurant is an all-encompassing stop for both easy-going seafood meals and catering for casual parties or big events. Located in a central shopping and business section of inland Carolina Beach, this fresh eatery has been wowing patrons of all varieties – from event planners to vacationing families – with a big selection of coastal eats.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line959
|
__label__wiki
| 0.957617
| 0.957617
|
Anne Arundel releases details on how people over 75 can sign up for coronavirus vaccines
Anne Arundel moving to Phase 1B; Hogan announces accelerated state vaccine rollout, cautions supply is needed
Anne Arundel school board wants in-person instruction to begin by March
Hot property: Annapolis colonial boasts charming details and a view of Spa Creek
Former Southern High basketball player killed in Lothian collision
COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Prince George’s; Capital Region Health locations lead the way
Annapolis mansion fire tragedy: One year later, victim's sister turns to prevention
Terwilliger Center for Student-Athletes a ‘spectacular’ showcase of Naval Academy physical mission
Police: Accused Edgewood shooter, teen who was killed were rival gang members
Our Say: As redistricting looms, Anne Arundel can expect to get carved up again | COMMENTARY
Former Senate sergeant-at-arms fears Capitol is more vulnerable as leadership changes close to Biden’s inauguration
FBI's long-buried allegations of MLK misconduct met with skepticism
School board hopefuls offer experience, fresh perspective
By John McNamara
jmcnamara@capgaznews.com |
(John McNamara / Capital Gazette)
The race for the Prince George's County Board of Education seat in District 5 — which includes almost all of Bowie — offers voters the choice between a candidate with a new perspective and another with years of experience.
Raaheela Ahmed , though just 23, is making her second run for the District 5 spot. She was the leading vote-getter in the spring primary, pulling in 36 percent of the vote.
Her opponent this fall, longtime school system administrator Cheryl Landis, Got 30 percent.
They were the top two finishers in the primary, which set them up to run against each other in the general election.
Verjeana Jacobs, the current District 5 member, placed third in the primary (22 percent) and won't be part of the fall run-off.
[More Maryland news] Thomas V. Mike Miller, longtime president of Maryland Senate, dies »
Ahmed first ran for the post as an 18-year-old student at the University of Maryland. She won the primary, but lost out to Jacobs in the general election. She has been endorsed by the Prince George's County Educators' Association.
No matter who wins, that individual will be stepping into a volatile situation. Since the start of the school year, the school system has dealt with allegations of possible child abuse and the withdrawal of $6 million in federal funding for the county's Head Start program.
Ahmed believes that the system's problems can only be addressed by someone with a fresh perspective.
"In this situation, there's a need for a strong, independent voice — more than ever," she said.
Ahmed is a product of the county school system, having attended High Bridge Elementary, Samuel Ogle Middle School and Eleanor Roosevelt High School. While at Maryland, she served as the student representative on the Board of Regents and works in financial management for federal government clients, including the Department of Homeland Security.
[More Maryland news] Eastern Shore superintendent files racial discrimination complaint against school board, escalating longstanding tensions »
She says her combination of school and work experiences make her a strong candidate.
"At a very basic level, it's about knowing what kinds of questions to ask and how to ask them," she said. "I did that a lot with the Board of Regents. Just being able to (understand) the financial language and what it means is a very advantageous thing. That's a great way to hold other folks accountable. In the past, we've had a huge issue with mismanagement of funds (in the school system)."
Landis, meanwhile, has worked as an administrator in the school system for the last 27 years. She feels that the contacts she has established and the relationships she has forged during that time is her best asset.
"I have already established relationships with all those stakeholders and that's what's truly going to make a difference," she said. "I'm already an expert at navigating through the school system. I'm going to hit the ground running."
Landis thinks some current board members have become too involved in public battles over who should take the blame for the loss of the Head Start funding. Board members have called for the resignation of various top administrators in the system, including board chairman Segun Eubanks and system CEO Kevin Maxwell. She would like to see officials pay more attention to the schools themselves.
[More Maryland news] Annapolis mansion fire tragedy: One year later, victim's sister turns to prevention »
"While all this is happening, there's no focus on the children and the students the board is elected to serve," Landis said. "I think it's time transition the conversation."
The public sniping has only added to the perception that the school system is inferior, she said.
"We keep shooting ourselves in the foot when we talk bad about our own school system," she said. "How can we expect anybody else to think well of what we're doing? It's got to change. It's so dysfunctional."
Meanwhile, the race for the District 1 seat, where 24-year-old David Murray is running unopposed, guarantees a change will come. District 1 includes part of Old Bowie, while stretching up and out toward Beltsville and Laurel.
Murray's opponent, Raul Jarado, has moved out of the district, leaving Murray to run unopposed for the seat being vacated by Zabrina Epps. Epps is not running for re-election. Jarado didn't move until after the deadline to withdraw, so his name remains on the ballot.
[More Maryland news] City Dock Coffee at Market Space has closed permanently due to ‘financial issues,’ property owner says »
Murray, a graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt and UMBC – where he served as the student representative to the Maryland Board of Education – doesn't see his youth as a drawback.
"It's nice to have people with different vantage points," he said. "Having people a little younger is always a good thing."
He listed transparency, trust and parental engagement as the big issues he sees with the county school system.
Latest Bowie
CIAA, Bowie State to honor Baltimore during weeklong virtual basketball tournament next month
Bowie legislators pre-filed bills ahead of 2021 session with a focus on education and the pandemic
Prince George’s police officer suspended over social media posts
"I'm passionate about education and making things better," he said, noting that he'd been a student in the county school system just a few years ago. "I feel like I have a unique perspective to bring."
Kevin Maxwell
Recommended on Capital Gazette
Joe Biden elevates chief science adviser to a Cabinet position, picks human genome pioneer for the post
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line960
|
__label__cc
| 0.663881
| 0.336119
|
HomeLegalA Right To Fair Trial
A Right To Fair Trial
By Rachel Legal 0 Comments
A right to fair trial is an entitlement endowed in constitutions of civilized nations and those that abide by the rule of law. In such countries, trials which do not meet the standards of a fair trial are usually done again to ensure that justice is done. For a person or a case to have gone through a fair trial several standards need to be met. These standards are numerous and sometimes complicated though they are uniform in many countries. These parameters can be found in legal documents which have respect and can be taken as a guide to the direction evolution of law is headed.
Basically, the following monitors have been adopted by most courts in the world to guarantee a fair trial. Firstly, the laws of the country the case is being heard is a very important monitor of fair trial. These laws vary from country to country depending on the traditions which led to the origin of the laws (Fletcher 325).
Another monitor of fair trial is the treaties that the case or the country in question is a signatory to. An example of such a treaty is the Rome statute which many of the developed countries like the United States have refused to be signatories too.
Thirdly, the traditions, norms and customs of international is also another monitor of a fair trial in civilized countries.
For the trial to be fair, some conditions must be met by law enforcers and the courts. Firstly, law enforcers should not arrest people arbitrarily or detain them. This is a constitutional right in the bill of rights and should not be violated in a case which seeks to attain the standard of fair trial. When law enforcers are making arrests, they should explain clearly in a language that both parties understand the reasons for being arrested, in case of language barrier, a person who qualifies to do a competent interpretation should be found to do the translation (Doebbler 129).
The arrested person’s right to legal counsel should also be respected. In fact, this is the most important monitor of a fair trial. They should be allowed to talk to their advocates all the time the case is proceeding until when it is comes to closure (Gudmundur 356).
Others conditions which should be met in a fair process trial include the right to be visited by friends, relatives or colleagues when one is in detention. The person in detention should also be taken to court on time (some countries allow law enforcers a maximum of 24 hours to prepare before taking all people in detention to court) and before a magistrate to ensure that the suspects are being detained lawfully.
At the time of hearing of the case, the court should ensure that there is an equal admission to court between the prosecution and defense. The right of the defense to a fair hearing is also mandatory whereby both the prosecution and the defense are equal before the judge. The hearing should also be carried out in a public and open place and the court or the tribunal hearing the case should be independent, impartial and competent.
In conclusion, a trial which can be deemed to have been fair should respect the right of both the defense and the prosecution from the time of arrest, during the hearing of the case, post case hearing where both sides have the right to appeal and during and after the sentencing.
Gudmundur, Alfredsson. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a common standard of achievement. New York: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1999. Print.
Doebbler, Curtis. Introduction to International Human Rights Law. New York: Consolidated Graphics, 2006. Print.
Fletcher, George. Crime of Self-Defense: Bernhard Goetz and the Law on Trial, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Print.
Reasons Why Polaris Snowmobile Factory Service Manuals Are Important
How to Keep a Workout Regimen Progressing While Traveling
The 3 Benefits and Features of a Commercial Bank
Things to Consider When Choosing an Internet Service Provider
Bonso Electronics International Business Strategy Analysis
Music for 18 Musicians Concert Staller Center 1974
2 Tricky Aspects of Fathering When The Baby Arrives
The Many Uses of Artificial Grass Surfaces
School Training Program for Beebe High School Arkansas
What Determines your Car Insurance Rates?
Factory Specifications And Price For The iPhone 5
World News Copyright © 2021.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line961
|
__label__cc
| 0.684791
| 0.315209
|
We take data protection seriously. The use of our internet pages is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the applicable country-specific data protection regulations. By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.
As the controller, Borna Matosic has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
Our data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.
In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing
Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:
Borna Matosic
Opladener Platz 7
Email: info@bornamatosic.com
Website: www.bornamatosic.com
Our Internet pages use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.
Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the dats subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.
By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g. does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
4. Collection of general data and information
Our website collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, we analyze anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Contact possibility via the website
Our website contains information that enables a quick electronic contact as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.
6. Comments function in the blog on the website
We offer users the possibility to leave individual comments on individual blog contributions on a blog, which is on the website of the controller. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal, through which one or more people called bloggers or web-bloggers may post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blogposts. Blogposts may usually be commented by third parties.
If a data subject leaves a comment on the blog published on this website, the comments made by the data subject are also stored and published, as well as information on the date of the commentary and on the user’s (pseudonym) chosen by the data subject. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject is also logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, and in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content through a given comment. The storage of these personal data is, therefore, in the own interest of the data controller, so that he can exculpate in the event of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defense of the data controller.
7. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to.
If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.
8. Rights of the data subject
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.
b) Right of access
Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.
c) Right to rectification
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by our website, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller. He shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.
e) Right of restriction of processing
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by us, he or she may at any time contact the controller. We will arrange the restriction of the processing.
f) Right to data portability
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact us.
g) Right to object
We shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If we process personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to our processing of personal data concerning him or her for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact us. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, we shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact us.
i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact us.
9. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-site of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the “Like” button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is explained there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, different configuration options are made available to allow the elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These applications may be used by the data subject to eliminate a data transmission to Facebook.
10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Instagram
On this website, the controller has integrated components of the service Instagram. Instagram is a service that may be qualified as an audiovisual platform, which allows users to share photos and videos, as well as disseminate such data in other social networks.
The operating company of the services offered by Instagram is Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding Instagram component of Instagram. During the course of this technical procedure, Instagram becomes aware of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Instagram, Instagram detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-page of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Instagram component and is associated with the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, then Instagram matches this information with the personal Instagram user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website provided that the data subject is logged in at Instagram at the time of the call to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the Instagram button or not. If such a transmission of information to Instagram is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she can prevent this by logging off from their Instagram account before a call-up to our website is made.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram may be retrieved under https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
11. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Twitter
On this website, the controller has integrated components of Twitter. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly-accessible microblogging service on which users may publish and spread so-called ‘tweets,’ e.g. short messages, which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available for everyone, including those who are not logged on to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore, Twitter allows you to address a wide audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
12. Data protection provisions about the application and use of YouTube
On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, which also provides free viewing, review and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos, so you can access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.
The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, UNITED STATES. The YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube may be obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in on YouTube, YouTube recognizes with each call-up to a sub-page that contains a YouTube video, which specific sub-page of our Internet site was visited by the data subject. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.
YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website, if the data subject at the time of the call to our website is logged in on YouTube; this occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject, the delivery may be prevented if the data subject logs off from their own YouTube account before a call-up to our website is made.
YouTube’s data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
13. Legal basis for the processing
Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR.
In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
14. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of our well-being.
15. Period for which the personal data will be stored
The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.
16. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data
We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner).
Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when we sign a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.
Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact us. We clarify to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.
We do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.
This Privacy Policy has been generated by the Privacy Policy Generator of the External Data Protection Officers that was developed in cooperation with the Media Law Lawyers from WBS-LAW.
© Copyright 2018 Borna Matosic - Legal Notice - Privacy Policy
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.Accept
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line962
|
__label__wiki
| 0.936446
| 0.936446
|
Donald Trump relies on a simple phrase: ‘Believe me’
By Matt Viser Globe Staff,May 24, 2016, 7:34 p.m.
Much of Donald Trump’s campaign can be boiled down to a basic phrase: Believe me. It’s the subliminal message of the race, tucked into his speeches, uttered during debates, and rattled of at his rallies.
WASHINGTON — Much of Donald Trump’s campaign can be boiled down to a basic phrase: Believe me.
It’s the not-so-subliminal message of the race — tucked into his speeches, uttered during debates, and tossed out at his rallies. To voters who are puzzled by his contradictory statements and well-documented predilection for exaggeration, he has the ready response: Believe me.
He utters the phrase whether he’s talking about military officers executing his orders (“They’re not going to refuse me. Believe me”), destroying the Islamic State (“We will. Believe me”), or a lawsuit against Trump University (“Believe me, I’ll win that case.”)
During a speech in March, he said he had studied the Iran nuclear deal in great detail — “I would say, actually, greater by far than anybody else.” He added: “Believe me. Oh, believe me. And it’s a bad deal.”
Trump so far has been impervious to fact-checkers who say that he cannot be believed. He was awarded PolitiFact’s “2015 Lie of the Year,” with the nonpartisan group deeming nearly 80 percent of the claims it examined as false.
But by being one of the most inconsistent and nonideological candidates in modern political history, he is baffling his opponents and preventing anyone from putting him into a neat political box. He is betting that the Trump brand, and his ability to convince voters that he speaks the truth when other politicians obfuscate, is so powerful that it can overcome those negatives.
Even if the evidence isn’t quite there — trust him, believe him — he’ll build a wall, deport immigrants, and ban Muslims. And, of course, make America great again.
“It’s almost like he’s trying to convince himself that he’s right,” said David B. Cohen, a professor of political science at the University of Akron. “Believe me — that’s the phrase really of a used car salesman. ‘Believe me, this car is great. Just wait till you get this baby out on the highway.’ ”
And yet? It’s worked.
“It is shocking, is it not?” Cohen said. “This guy may be commander in chief. Believe me. It just might happen.”
Trump, asked for comment on his use of the exhortation, said through a spokeswoman on Tuesday night, “It’s said from the heart with emphasis!”
Many politicians have their own verbal crutches. President Obama, in search of a way to crystallize muddy issues, often says, “Make no mistake,” “Let me be clear,” and “Here’s the deal.” Hillary Clinton, striking a more common note, often addresses her audience as “folks.”
But for Trump, “believe me” is uniquely his. In the 12 Republican debates, he used it some 30 times — at a rate 56 times greater than his opponents, who used it a combined three times. (Neither Clinton nor Bernie Sanders used the phrase during the Democratic debates.)
“What’s interesting about ‘believe me,’ is the stress is on me,” said George Lakoff, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
“It assumes that knowledge comes from direct experience,” he added. “Then it says, ‘I have direct experience of that thing. And you should believe someone who has that experience. You should believe me, because I know.’ ”
Trump has proven to be a master wordsmith, cutting phrases down to their most basic and honing an attack into a two-word moniker of “Lyin’ Ted” or “Little Marco.” His attack on Jeb Bush as “low energy” was devastating for the onetime front-runner from a famed political family.
By employing “believe me,” he is relying on the lexicon of those in sales, of someone trying to cut a deal. It’s not hard to imagine him using the phrase when selling investors on a new proposal, or when asking bankers for more time to pay back loans.
Trump uses “believe me” far more often when speaking than he does when writing. In a speech he gave to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in March, the phrase appeared only once in his prepared remarks. But when he delivered it, he used the phrase 12 times.
“I know how to deal with trouble. And believe me, that’s why I’m going to be elected, folks,” he said.
Iran’s ability to sponsor terrorism will be restricted, he said. “Believe me. Believe me.”
Of Obama, he added, “He may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel, believe me. Believe me.”
Trump has often given fact-checkers plenty to do, earning numerous Pinocchio’s for his far-fetched statements.
Trump has said he would remove all illegal immigrants on his first day in office, something that is impossible given that there are 11 million undocumented immigrants.
He has said repeatedly that he would build a wall along the southern border and force Mexico to cover the costs, even though Mexico’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto, has said his country would do no such thing.
He has taken conflicting sides on hot button issues like whether to ban assault weapons (he favored in 2000) or not (his position now), or on whether he supports abortion (in 1999 he even supported “partial-birth” abortions) or not (now he wants to ban all abortions except in the case of incest, rape, or risking the health of the mother).
During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Trump seemed to contradict himself in the same sentence while talking about whether guns should be allowed in schools.
“I don’t want to have guns in classrooms,” he said. “Although, in some cases, teachers should have guns in classrooms, frankly.”
During the primaries, Trump opposed raising the federal minimum wage but now he says he is open to considering an increase.
While it’s unclear when exactly the “believe me” phrase entered Trump’s regular lexicon, it apparently runs in the family.
When his son Eric appeared last week on Fox News, he assured viewers, “Hillary’s got real problems. She’s got real, real problems on her resume and — believe me — we’ll talk about them.”
When he appeared on the network on Monday, he said his father has united the Republican Party.
“He is an amazing guy, I say this all the time, and he will win this,” Eric Trump said. “Believe me.”
Graphic source: The American Presidency Project
Matt Viser can be reached at matt.viser@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @mviser.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line963
|
__label__cc
| 0.645671
| 0.354329
|
ABOUT CATA
CURRENT AND ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES
INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP AWARDS
SARA KIRKE AWARD
CATA COMMUNITIES
CATA ADVOCACY
CATAAlliance NEWS
Media_and_Events
Canada as a Competitive Innovation Nation: What Needs to be Done: CATAAlliance 2012 (White Paper)
Current public conception
It is commonly considered that Canada has a critical “Innovation Gap” and that other countries are more effectively pouring funds into leveraging innovation to the advantage of their respective economies, through both direct and indirect interventions.
Both the World Economic Forum and the Conference Board of Canada place Canada well down the list in terms of being an “innovation economy”. But is this perception really correct? The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) has recently completed its own review of the issues around innovation in Canada and its commercialization.
Fundamentally, CATA considers innovation to be a “natural resource” that needs to be developed, harvested, used and commercialized for economic and social benefits. The more we process this “raw natural resource” into finished products and services and the more we commercialize them globally, the better will be Canada’s position as a competitive Innovation Nation in the world.
CATA's contribution to the discussion – an additional perspective
CATA, working with 6 other major industry associations, 5 federal agencies, 4 provincial agencies, 2 universities and several NGOs as key partners, has just completed a detailed study of the challenges that must be addressed.
The extensive pan-industry study has uncovered significant deficiencies in Canadian industry capabilities for effective commercialization – notably, poor competitive competencies, a weak culture of collaboration and a pervasive lack of funding and smart support for innovation in commercialization. Whereas research accomplishes the transformation of money into knowledge, it is through a process of commercialization that one achieves the transformation of knowledge, as embedded in products, services and market understanding, into money and benefits for individuals, businesses and the society at large.
The study brings proof that Canada is facing a “commercialization gap”, and it shows that Canada’s future economic and social wellbeing in the global knowledge economy requires concerted efforts on the part of industry and government. The study concludes with ideas for redressing the situation by emphasizing innovation in all aspects of the commercialization process from early nurturing of the necessary competencies to the creation of an effective national framework for commercialization support; from measures to enhance the competitiveness of Canadian small and mid-size enterprises to the development of globally competitive Canadian companies.
CATA's conclusion is that a Canadian “innovation gap” is a misconception. In reality, Canadians have an excellent track record as innovators, but too often our innovations are not matured here in Canada and the major benefits are accrued offshore. What we actually suffer from is an “innovation commercialization gap”.
The CATA study examines why this happens. For a quick summary of the study and its conclusions, please link to the animated presentation at :
CATA 2011 Study of Effective Commercialization of Innovations.
Recent perspectives and ideas for enhancing Canada’s competitiveness
Currently, there is an overload of ideas, recommendations and often conflicting proposals for consideration as the Government prepares for its 2012 Budget. Specifically, the report of the federal government’s own Expert Panel led by Thomas Jenkins that examined the government’s R&D support for private sector innovation, the study of the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, and the recent commentary by the C.D. Howe Institute, have all been released over the last month.
http://rd-review.ca/eic/site/033.nsf/vwapj/R-D_InnovationCanada_Final-eng.pdf/$FILE/R-D_InnovationCanada_Final-eng.pdf
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/36.pdf
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/Commentary_334.pdf
The constant is that Canada is recognized for doing the "R" side of Research & Development well, but we are often failing to capitalize on this excellent work and to accrue the rewards to Canada. That is, we are not effectively:
growing our emerging companies into mature contributors to the Canadian economy;
commercializing our innovations by bringing them to the marketplace or using them to improve the performance of our businesses that developed them; nor
retaining the maximum benefits and jobs that proper commercialization of innovation can generate.
The “disconnect” is in how to get there. CATA does not see that any of these reports has the definitive answer, but rather each has its share of good ideas – some of which need to be thought through and addressed quickly, some of which may warrant additional study, and some of which should likely be rejected outright.
CATA assessment
CATA considers that Innovation is a natural resource to be developed, harvested, used and commercialized for economic and social benefits.
The Jenkins Panel promotes a higher proportion of direct funding support for innovation commercialization while retaining traditional tax credit based support for science and technology R&D efforts, more in keeping with what most other countries do. The Panel believes that this is a major component of what Canada needs in order to redress its sliding competitive position.
The Jenkins Panel specifically proposes that funding for this and other “complementary initiatives” should come from reductions in the funding of the SR&ED Program, albeit the source of the savings within SR&ED is largely unspecified. It is unclear whether or not these savings would actually be significant.
In CATA's opinion, finding efficiencies of even 20% to 30% and moving the monies over to direct support programs and other indirect support mechanisms would be achievable and would constitute a tremendously important change. However, the very limited refinements outlined in the Jenkins report seem very unlikely to achieve these savings.
In contrast to the Jenkins Panel’s approach of increasing direct support for tech start-ups, the C.D. Howe report argues for refinement of the tax system to put more emphasis on rewards to the successful, rather than on encouraging R&D in start-ups. However, this proposal appears to ignore the reality that the “refundable” component of the current SR&ED tax credit system can be and is a vital funding source to many new start-ups as they create and begin developing their first product or service. It would also be inconsistent with the practices of most other modern nations, who already have a much higher proportion of direct financial support for R&D within their private sector firms than Canada and are moving to increase the refundability component of their R&D tax credit system. This, aspect of the C.D. Howe approach, could place Canada even further apart from its main competitor nations in terms of business R&D support policies unless done carefully. Obviously, the key is finding the proper balance.
Indeed, all of CATA's work points to the key problem being how to achieve adequate financial support for small and mid-size technology intensive enterprises to enable them to grow into profitable Canadian successes. In fact, our work suggests that not only is there a funding issue, but that Canada lacks a supportive environment that fosters the commercial success and subsequent growth of our emerging businesses into vibrant and effective, internationally competitive Canadian companies.
In this respect, the Mowat report floats an interesting idea - reduce the federal spend on SR&ED, but put more into supporting regional clusters and transfer part of the funds released from SR&ED to the provinces by way of specific agreements whereby they would use it for direct, instead of tax based, support for the types of innovative companies and product commercialization most suited to their respective regions.
CATA’s suggestions
Are there significant refinements that can be made to SR&ED which do not “throw the baby out with the bath water”? We think so, but we need convincing to believe that simply going to a labour based approach as proposed in the Jenkins report, along with decreasing the refundable portion of the credit over time are all that is needed to free up the monies and make the SR&ED incentives a truly effective instrument. Without new sources of financing, reducing the refundable portion for new technology intensive companies in the current financing environment will be counterproductive, because now they rely heavily on this aspect of SR&ED to help fund initial product development. On the other hand, moving to labour based claims could be a start to simplifying administration, but we are unsure that much will be gained.
Eliminate retrospective SR&ED claims and look for a 20% to 30% efficiency gain
We believe that a much more efficient SR&ED Program should and can be achieved than that envisaged by the Jenkins Panel by eliminating retrospective claims.1
Almost one-third of the claims received by the CRA in any given year are retrospective claims being filed for previous years. A significant portion of these claims appear to be of a speculative nature and, while providing windfall revenues to businesses and consultants when their claims are successful, they are, at most, of questionable value as incentives for the claimed SR&ED.
In order to introduce more discipline into the SR&ED system, CATA suggests looking at the elimination of retrospective claims. The development and filing of claims should be more closely linked to the SR&ED projects or SR&ED programs. Companies could be required to file an initial submission when their projects or programs are conceived or started (or shortly thereafter) and to submit annual updates with their year end returns.
Besides the elimination of retrospective claims, there would certainly be an efficiency gain for both the government and the businesses because many of the current retrospective claims are of very poor quality. Could this free up, say, 20% to 30% plus of the value of SR&ED tax credits (i.e., roughly $700 million to $1 billion or more of the Government SR&ED spend of approximately $3.3 billion a year 2 ) without damaging the essential nature and intent of the SR&ED incentives? Given the number of claims currently being filed for previous years, and the time-consuming controversies and complexities associated with the audits of retrospective claims, this is the implication.
CATA would like to see tabled as soon as possible a careful analysis of:
the opportunities for refining and better targeting SR&ED beyond the labour based proposals;
what savings can be gained from them to start a process of SR&ED refinement this year; and
what other significant efficiency gains might also be identified to make the SR&ED Program truly effective.
These efficiency gains in the SR&ED Program could be tied into a common service platform for federal business innovation support programs such as the IRIC proposed by the Jenkins report and redirected to other support programs for innovation. For details, see suggestion # 2 below for discussion of a common service platform.
Implement the Industrial Research and Innovation Council (IRIC) proposed by the Jenkins report
The Jenkins report proposes creating an Industrial Research and Innovation Council (IRIC) as an “’arms length’ agency... [to] become the common service platform for all appropriate federal business innovation support programs”, reporting to Parliament through the proposed Minister for Innovation. CATA strongly supports this concept.
This is a sound approach as long as there is strong authoritative business people involved with its leadership. The IRIC must be lithe, responsive, and accountable for it to be successful – not just a new bureaucracy, and its accountability should be based on true economic values.
Regardless of whether the proposed council is created, CATA strongly recommends that the Government move to a common service platform for all appropriate federal business innovation support programs, including the SR&ED Program, to rationalize services and thereby reducing government and private sector costs. Eliminating existing overlapping / duplicative / repetitive government administration and private sector user application and reporting requirements should result in significant efficiency gains and savings. Savings should be formally identified and reinvested in efficient and effective support for innovation.
Accountability must be determined on the basis of performance evaluations based on true industry value metrics (e.g., success rates in the number of newly founded technology companies bringing products/services to market; return on investment in 3 to 5 years; expansion into mature entities; growth in the numbers of technology graduates and Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) employed in Canadian SMEs).
CATA does not believe that the proposed council can succeed unless it has responsibility for the full innovation and commercialization envelope. It must be industry-oriented, agile, and able to respond quickly to global market trends and able to recommend and oversee adjustments in both direct and indirect funding mechanisms.
And, given the importance of the SR&ED tax credit system as noted above, we do not believe it is realistic to think that the proposed council could succeed in meeting its leadership mandate without having responsibility for the success of SR&ED incentives, the largest element of the Government's support for business innovation. Specifically, with respect to SR&ED, at a minimum, the council should have overall responsibility for:
Specifically, with respect to SR&ED, at a minimum, the council should have overall responsibility for:
in conjunction with the Department of Finance Canada, maximizing the effectiveness of the SR&ED incentives, as well as the effectiveness of other indirect mechanisms;
evaluating the results and making appropriate changes to see that the SR&ED credits deliver the intended economic benefits cost effectively; and
determining what is eligible SR&ED and what is included in the work elements.
Address SR&ED administration issues, simplifying SR&ED
We agree with the Jenkins report that simplifying the SR&ED Program and lowering the related overheads incurred by the Government and users of these credits is a must. However, simply moving to a labour based approach to the tax credits cannot be effective unless the issues related to:
the determination of what is SR&ED; and
what is eligible work associated with the SR&ED
are quickly addressed. (See CATA's August 2011 SR&ED Update for details:
http://www.cata.ca/Media_and_Events/Press_Releases/cata_pr08101102.html.)
CATA believes that the CRA’s de facto re-orientation of Canada's largest program of support for innovation needs to be corrected immediately so that the full spectrum of technological based advancements is supported and that SR&ED can be effectively claimed when it is conducted in conjunction with the highly integrated commercially-oriented development efforts that Canadian companies need to apply in order to be competitive and efficient, and respond to world markets.3
Rebalancing Canada's indirect support
CATA found support for its views in the arguments presented in the Mowat Centre study and C.D. Howe commentary about the importance of rebalancing the indirect tax based mechanism to better achieve successful commercialization in Canada. Further, these reports imply that there needs to be a much closer look at how indirect support can be more effective than has yet occurred and how the monies can be better spent. Both reports challenge the status quo of the SR&ED Program and imply that improvements can be made. The Jenkins report notes that in 2007 there was an internal cost-benefit analysis of the SR&ED program carried out. However, it has been many years since there was a full review of the SR&ED Program, which is clearly required at this point.
Given that the Jenkins Panel’s prescriptions in this area were very broad, we strongly encourage the Government to work with independent leading tax experts and table a commitment with the 2012 Budget on how to most effectively shape our indirect support to business, including steps to provide a better balance between direct and indirect support. The target should be to provide environments that foster successful Canadian commercialization efforts and the retention of the results within Canada, adequately supporting innovative SMEs.
We again suggest that the target should be a 20% to 30% efficiency gain in SR&ED, as described in suggestion # 1 above, and the more effective redistribution of these monies.
In respect to indirect support and its redistribution, CATA finds the concept of a “Patent Box”4 to be very appealing. This approach received no attention in the Jenkins Panel’s report.
CATA recommends that the Government look closely not only at this concept, but also at the possibility of extending this approach to a “Commercialization Box” and that consideration be given to providing a commercialization tax credit for activities carried out in the box.
Enhance IRAP, as recommended by the Jenkins report
The Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) is one of the most industry-valued federal programs. CATA strongly endorses the Jenkins Panel’s recommendation that IRAP could be enhanced to support a greater spectrum of innovation and commercialization activities. The IRAP Program should be adjusted to catalyze competitiveness through strategic “smart support” for enhanced business collaboration through partnerships and alliances complementing the native strengths of typical Canadian SME enterprises. The key should be responsiveness and flexibility with a focus on demonstrable, successful leveraging of technology. Accountability should be judged on tangible industrial measures like start-up tech company survival rates after three and five years, number of new products and services brought to market annually by companies that IRAP supported, and overall ROI after three or five years.
Create the “Commercialization Research and Preparedness Assistance (CRPA)” Program
CATA further recommends that consideration be given to creating a complementary program to IRAP to specifically promote commercialization efforts.
A company’s success in the marketplace is predicated both on having a product ready and acceptable to the market and on being fully prepared for its commercialization efforts in the market. Traditionally, most attention in Canadian government support has been given to technology and product readiness, with scant attention being paid to the fact that without proper commercialization strengths a large number of Canadian start-ups have died or have been acquired for a pittance by foreign businesses which then proceeded to harvest the economic benefits for the innovations initially developed by Canadian companies.
Focused on what is normally termed the “pre-commercial” phase, before a new product is broadly available on the market, the “Commercialization Research and Preparedness Assistance (CRPA) Program would provide support to companies for innovation in commercialization and market preparedness measures to achieve higher levels of business success. Whereas the existing Industrial Research Assistance program (IRAP) would be focused on helping companies achieve a higher level of technology and management readiness, the CRPA Program would help them achieve commercial readiness for actual business success. In this way, the focus of IRAP would not be diluted.
Government Procurement of Canadian Innovations – make CICP permanent and enhanced
CATA strongly supports the Jenkins Panel’s recommendation on making the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP) a permanent one and having it enhanced manifold to reap the potentially immense benefits of such a program.
The CICP program should be focused on enhancing Canadian industry competitiveness through more extensive federal government purchases of Canadian innovations and the directed provision of lead customer support and commercial references to innovative Canadian companies. However, unlike the present “pilot” program which invites all companies with any new pre-commercial product to apply for its innovation to be trialled within government, the CICP should catalyze Canadian competitiveness through “smart assistance” by focusing on addressing the identified future needs of government agencies and departments through closer collaboration with federal agencies and industry associations.
Accountability should be measured on the basis of tangible industrial values, e.g., business viability 3 years after CICP purchase, along with demonstrated success in meeting client (government agency) needs.
Risk capital – create an effective financing ecosystem supporting the full spectrum of growth in Canada
CATA is pleased that the Jenkins Panel has recognized the seriousness of this problem. Essentially, the “financing ecosystem” needed for the development and survival of technology firms in Canada is broken, and urgent action is required. The Jenkins Panel’s report offers two possible approaches. We believe there are other opportunities as well to address this challenge.
In the early stages, one of the most serious problems currently facing Canada’s young technology firms is finding the money needed to develop their product or service and then funding the essential marketing and sales organization (channel to market) needed in order for the company to become successful. Canada's financing ecosystem should start at the same place that every new company begins, by providing funds to pay for the development of innovative new products and services. Unlike a retail store or perhaps transportation company, a tech company must first invest significant sums in developing its ideas into commercial products or services while receiving no sales revenues whatsoever.
For young Canadian technology companies, the monies they are able to claim from the SR&ED tax credits are usually “refundable”. This is the practice in other countries.
However, in competitor nations such as the United States and Britain, Angel investors or investor networks are more widespread and more experienced than in Canada. They play a major role in starting up new technology firms and getting them to early sales, providing not only cash but expertise and oversight. CATA believes that Canada needs to stimulate this type of activity in Canada to ensure that more entrepreneurs are able to develop their innovative ideas into actual products or services and to begin to commercialize them.
Fortunately, there is already a proven model in operation in British Columbia to help draw out private Angel investors and other private money to help finance young start-ups. A similar model to this B.C. Venture Investment Tax Credit system has now been adopted in New Brunswick. The Ontario government is expected to be next to introduce such as system. Quebec has programs with somewhat similar objectives, but different modalities.
CATA suggests the federal government should support this model and match such provincial investments 50/50 as many more innovative new companies would be started.
As companies mature, it takes more money than small local investors, business Angels, or the SR&ED incentives are able to provide in order to get companies to the next stage – successful commercialization and scaling up to become profitable in today’s competitive global marketplace. Outside investors are an essential element of the “financing ecosystem” for technology companies if they are to grow, no matter what industry sector they’re part of, as the Jenkins Panel has pointed out.
Venture investments in Canada have fallen over 70% in the past 10 years, and are less than half the rate of the U.S. (as a percentage of GDP). Moreover, Canadian firms that do succeed in finding outside investors are now raising about 40% of what their U.S. competitor counterparts are able to raise. And, new money coming into funds that make such investments is continuing to fall. 2010 was the worst year for new venture fund raising in 15 years 5. The Jenkins Panel recommends that the federal government facilitate increased venture funding activity by having BDC invest both alongside Angel stage funds (called a “sidecar fund”), as well as partnering with later stage professionally managed venture funds which select and place funding into the best young Canadian tech companies.
However, CATA believes that in the case of later stage funding for commercialization and scaling up, the Jenkins Panel has missed the opportunity to ensure such government investment is not only successful, but at low risk and low overall cost to the Crown.
In order to stimulate the creation of a series of Canadian venture investment funds, at little cost to government, CATA proposes that the federal government borrow a page from the Israeli play book, with the structure proposed by VC expert Stephen Hurwitz6 .
With the added funding the Jenkins Panel proposes allocating, BDC could offer to put up the first 40% for a series of new funds that would be created and managed by experienced Canadian managers, who would be required to attract the other 60%, and experienced “General Partner” investors from global sources. (Ideally, each fund would total about $200 million and specialize in a particular industry sector.)
Then, in addition to the attraction of an initial BDC investment to kick start the creation of these new venture capital funds, the other investors could be given the right in each case to buy out the BDC share within six years for the amount invested by the Crown plus interest. This way of enhancing the returns for private investors means that BDC would see its government-provided initial investment fully returned in each case that these professionally managed venture funds were even marginally successful.
Through this combination of:
encouraging private investors and experienced Angel investors to put their money and talent into the early start-up phase for such companies, and
creating new VC Funds to provide for the more costly later stage investments tech companies require to reach global stature and profitability, Canadian firms will once again have a reasonable prospect of success.
The result would be a much more complete, and CATA believes, effective and competitive financing ecosystem.
Create vibrant, collaborative, synergistic environments for growth
The CATA study on Commercialization of Innovations highlights the fact that Canada suffers from a weak culture of collaboration. Resolving this is of paramount importance, especially for small- and mid-size enterprises which cannot afford to hire all the industrial and technical expertise, the managerial, operational and marketing skills, and the market connections to customers necessary for competitiveness in the global market.
In today’s globalized, competitive marketplace, Canadian firms must collaborate with effective partners to survive and become viable businesses with chances of winning leading positions in the market. Canadian companies must think global while acting locally in approaching specific geographic and political territories with the appropriate partners for local success. The Government needs to encourage not only the usual technical collaboration but also the market-oriented collaboration through a variety of direct and indirect means. Supporting industry “clusters” that work together and with the NRC institutes to share technical experience and tools is certainly a positive step, but not sufficient for achieving the necessary levels of market penetration.
CATA believes that market-oriented collaborations models should be evaluated and measures should be taken to incent more companies in Canada to act as anchor companies and to encourage more SME companies to cluster around large anchor ones with good reach into the global markets.
Small- and medium-sized enterprises with less than 500 employees, with the majority of them being below 50 employees, make up 99.8% of total Canadian firms. Small companies cannot afford to hire the industry expertise, the management, operational, marketing skills and the market channels to the right customers, which are all necessary for competing successfully in today’s globalized marketplace. To compete and survive, small companies need to collaborate among themselves, as well as with large anchor companies that have built-in channels to the market. Canada does not have a culture of collaboration. In effect, we found 53% of Canadian companies are trying to compete by themselves, without any collaboration agreements. Canada does not have the culture of anchor companies that has been so effective in driving some Asian countries to speedy industrial development and global market leaderships.
The Government must encourage collaboration among Canadian industry companies on a much larger scale than at present, where most of the incentives were focused on collaboration between Government labs and industry and on ways to get more academic institutions to license their inventions to industry.
Historically, certain industry sectors have benefited from concerted efforts at cluster development though indirect incentives and in some cases direct, e.g., the aerospace, the automotive and the petroleum products sectors. More is needed to raise the commercialization effectiveness of the other sectors of Canadian industry. Incentives should be provided to large companies – Canadian or otherwise – to act as anchor companies for Canadian SMEs, and more Canadian SMEs should be encouraged to collaborate and cluster around anchor companies with good reach into global markets. Likewise, Canadian SMEs should be encouraged and supported in taking advantage of existing channels to market through Canadian anchor companies.
CATA proposes that an expert industry-government panel be created to research and propose the most appropriate direct and indirect incentives for enhancing effective collaborations among Canadian companies to promote commercialization results and speedier industrial developments.
Better leveraging of Canada’s academic and research institutions to promote economic growth
While Canada has emphasized unbridled academic research, some other countries have adopted more “applied” research programs in direct support of strategic industrial initiatives. This different focus has been associated with significant success in economic and social terms, and contributed to these countries' advancement in their global level of competitiveness.
CATA is a strong supporter of continued Canadian efforts in research, provided a greater portion of academic research is contingent on linkages with industrial objectives where the pull of the business community is significantly manifested.
In this respect, the approach proposed by the Jenkins Panel of separating from the National Research Council a number of its existing technology institutes into a constellation of large-scale, sectoral, collaborative R&D centres involving business, the university sector and the provinces is an important proposal. Done right, this refocusing could greatly assist in achieving a closer linkage and synergism of research with industrial needs. This refocusing would require careful study and implementation to ensure the valuable contributions of the existing institutes that may not be consistent with a more commercially focused approach are protected and transferred to other institutions.
CATA believes that beyond the question of the future of the NRC and its institutes, the research funding agencies (NSERC, SSHRC and CHIR) should focus a greater percentage of their activities on supporting research leading to tangible industrial synergisms and successes within a horizon of 4 to 8 years. We believe that SSHRC specifically should undertake a more direct role in enabling research leading to innovation in commercialization processes while NSERC and CHIR should focus even more on applied innovation in Science, Engineering and Medicine.
Educate for business success
Of utmost importance must be the drive towards a better education for business success in Canada. Business management, including marketing, project management and customer relations should be made a compulsory subject for all Science and Technology students, and be made available as an option to all other students in Canadian universities and colleges. Studnets should be enabled and encouraged to gather industry understanding and gain work experience.
In general, the Canadian education system must be adjusted to nurture economic value-creation competencies (business, marketing, sales and relationships) from early years in school and throughout university studies, and thus build confidence, a spirit of leadership, and competitiveness in the future generation of Canadians.
A final comment
Given the considerable number of background studies and the solid work of various groups such as the Jenkins Panel, the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, and the C.D. Howe Institute, CATA argues that it is time the Government considers and tables an action plan and commits to milestone deliverables in the 2012 Budget to foster an effective environment for successful commercialization of Canadian innovations.
We fully recognize that ‘the devil is in the details”. We understand that the challenges to making changes to SR&ED and NRC are considerable and that care will need to be taken not to disrupt what is working well in these highly complex subjects.
CATA believes that the time has clearly come to draw up and commit to an overall action plan addressing the major challenges facing Canada’s business communities. We must treat Innovation as a critical natural resource which needs to be developed, harvested, used and commercialized in the best ways possible for maximizing its economic and social benefits.
Developed in consultation with the community by:
Russ Roberts
Senior Vice President, Tax and Finance
CATAAlliance
V.P. System Strategies
Wesley Clover
Sorin Cohn
1 Under the legislation, a business has 18 months after its year end to submit a claim for SR&ED incentives. This means that SR&ED can be claimed for projects in progress 2 ½ years prior to the date the claim is filed (18 months + tax year of 12 months). And, these projects may have been started well before this. Retrospective claims likely relate to projects started at a time when businesses were not aware of their potential for SR&ED incentives. Otherwise, those businesses would have filed claims on a more timely basis. In these cases, SR&ED funding represents a windfall after the fact rather than an incentive to undertake R&D in the first place.
2 Innovation Canada: A Call to Action, Review of Federal Support to Research and Development – Expert Panel, section 6, “Overview of the SR&ED Program”, October 17, 2011. “In 2007 — the most recent year for which such data are available — some 20 000 small businesses that were CCPCs received about $1.3 billion in SR&ED tax credits (Figure 6.3). (By way of contrast, 1082 SMEs received a total of $69.1 million in funding from IRAP in 2007.) About 3900 other firms earned roughly $2.0 billion in SR&ED tax credits in 2007”. http://rd-review.ca/eic/site/033.nsf/eng/00296.html#p_6.2
3 CATA notes that the Jenkins Expert Panel's EKOS study of SR&ED users emphasizes experiences associated with the 2007 and 2008 claims. The results of this study cannot reflect the extent of the problems that are now taking place in dealing with the CRA's administration of SR&ED. Increasingly, our members are telling us that a very narrow research-oriented concept of what should be supported and how it should be conducted is being applied by CRA reviewers assessing current claims. This was not so much the case in 2007 and 2008, the focus of EKOS. The Governments that created the legislation intended to support much more than this highly restricted concept currently being applied by the CRA and is a marked deviation from the earlier agreements between industry and Revenue Canada that were the basis for both the submission and administration of SR&ED claims for many years.
4 Robert D. Atkinson and Scott M. Andes, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Patent Boxes: Innovation in Tax Policy and Tax Policy for Innovation, October 4, 2011. http://www.itif.org/publications/patent-boxes-innovation-tax-policy-and-tax-policy-innovation
Jim Shanahan, Is it time for your country to consider the “patent box”? PwC, Dublin, Ireland, May 23, 2011. http://download.pwc.com/ie/pubs/2011_is_it_time_for_your_country_to_consider_the_patent_box.pdf
5 All data from recent (2011) report of the Canadian Venture Capital Association.
6 Stephen Hurwitz – Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP (2011); Beyond R&D – Canada’s Commercialization Challenge and How to Meet It. http://www.choate.com/media/pnc/0/media.3040.pdf
Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance)
207 Bank St., Suite 416
K2P 2N2, Canada
info@cata.ca
Tweets by @CATAAlliance
CATA MENU
» Sign up here to join our mailing list to receive email news, alerts and opportunities!!
© All Rights Reserved, CATAAlliance
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line966
|
__label__wiki
| 0.661459
| 0.661459
|
Take It Lying Down
Finding My Feet After a Spinal Cord Injury
by Jim Linnell
Foreword by Len Jenkin
Published by: Paul Dry Books
"A stunning account."—Kirkus, starred review
“This profoundly literate memoir of courage stuns and moves, and in its ferocious honesty, delights.”—Mark Medoff, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Children of a Lesser God
Take It Lying Down is “a movingly intricate weave—a detailed and poetic chronicle of healing against all odds, an intense love story, a narrative of a young man’s journey from Maine to New Mexico and adulthood, and a book of literary inspiration and wisdom . . . this is not a medical book, not a self-help book: it’s a literate, occasionally theatrical, surprisingly buoyant, always philosophical and compelling journey through one man’s life.”―From the Foreword by Len Jenkin
Six months shy of retirement and on a family vacation in Mexico, Jim Linnell steps off the porch of a rented guest house and breaks his neck. He is medevacked to his hometown hospital in Albuquerque and from there to a spinal cord injury hospital in Denver, where he learns he may live the rest of his life as a quadriplegic. How does a person absorb such news?
Jim’s injury is incomplete: He has a two-year window for improvement. After three months of rehabilitation at the hospital, he and his wife, Jennifer, return to their home with an armada of equipment for his therapy, a heavy dose of anxiety about how they will manage together, and many unanswerable questions: Will Jim get better? What kind of future will they have? Can they move past denial to accept the possibility that Jim may remain a quadriplegic?
Take It Lying Down portrays a man reclaiming his life from catastrophe—it is a book of exemplary courage.
Chapter 1: You’ve Got a Nerve
Chapter 2: Spineless
Chapter 3: Sweet Chariot
Chapter 4: Hot-Wired
Chapter 5: The Bear and I
Jim Linnell is a writer, teacher, and director. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of New Mexico and former Dean of the College of Fine Arts there. He is the author of Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama. His work has been performed in the U.S. and abroad in Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. Linnell helped establish the MFA degree in Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico and an annual festival of new plays that now bears his name. He received his doctorate in directing from UC Berkeley. He and his wife live south of Albuquerque next to the Rio Grande; together they have three children and six grandchildren.
Aukthor of the plays Dark Ride, American Notes and other works, Jenkin also authored the novel New Jerusalem, published by Sun & Moon Press. He is noted as one of the major American contemporary dramatists.
"A powerful exploration of navigating physical disability . . . Every chapter is filled with memorable analogies and metaphors, making Linnell’s journey to partial recovery a pleasurable intellectual experience for readers despite the horrors, fears, and winding mental path through rehab . . . A stunning account."—Kirkus, starred review
“A powerful look at what goes through the mind of someone whose life changes in the blink of an eye.”―Booklist
“[Take It Lying Down] is unique in Linnell’s combination of honest physical details, ironic humor, struggles against self-pity, tantrums, gratitude, and creative literary excursions . . . Linnell admirably succeeds at capturing the 'blessing wrapped in a curse,' and the comedy in the tragedy of coming to terms with the unpredictability of our mortal lives.”―The Pharos
"[Jim Linnell's] writing style is unique and offers a strong description of his experience that leads the reader to feel what he feels . . . It can add much to the education of medical students in the way that Jim details his experience navigating the emotional recovery of a sudden mind-body disconnect. He gives us a window into his psyche during the hardest and most intimate moments of his life."―The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation
“A great book that deserves a place along with Kubler-Ross and de Quincy. With remarkable clarity, insight and humor, Linnell shares his journey—from the simple misstep on an evening walk with his wife that left him a quadriplegic, through the agonizing chamber of horrors known informally as 'rehab'—to a reconciliation with his fate and the strength to move forward . . . Despite Linnell’s arduous, incomplete journey, chronicled with such detail as to make the angels weep, the residual experience of reading the book is, surprisingly, one of courage and a refreshing if ironic optimism. His spine may be ravaged but his vision is clear. His prose is simple and impatient, always leaning forward as if eager to get to the next idea, the next image, the next step. He may not be able to walk but he’s always a step or two ahead of the reader, which is the secret of a page-turner . . . If the definition of art is to turn human experience, no matter how distressing, into something beautiful, Jim Linnell has produced not only a work of art but a manual for survival. We are all richer for his achievement.”—Marshall Brickman
“This profoundly literate memoir of courage stuns and moves, and in its ferocious honesty, delights as few books have over a lifetime of reading the true and fearless sagas of relative strangers who become intimate soulmates.”—Mark Medoff, Tony award-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Children of a Lesser God
“Paralyzed, unable even to breathe on his own, in the aftermath of spinal cord injury Jim Linnell calls to mind what he has learned from a lifetime of teaching, producing, and writing about theater. The ancient Greeks in their tragic dramas ‘know you are screwed. They teach: look it in the face; you will not collapse or cower at catastrophe.’ He understands the power of speaking directly to an audience and affords us an intimate closeness as he and his life partner make a way out of no way. In this account of hellish injury and harrowing recovery, Linnell dramatizes his belief that ‘the question—how to live—is a question to ask and not to avoid.’ You can never again be exactly who you were an instant ago, but this engrossing book shows how to bear up and live in-between the inescapability of what was and the uncertainty of what is to come.”—Christina Crosby, author of A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain
“A revelatory, astounding memoir of overcoming enormous odds, Linnell’s tale expertly describes the course of his harrowing recovery following a catastrophic spinal cord injury. With insight and artfully written prose peppered with poetry, he deftly explores the challenges and triumphs which emblematize his journey past severe physical affliction. This is an amazing story of resilience and resurrection that is simultaneously moving, witty, and inspirational.”—Ashok Rajamani, author of The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story
“Take It Lying Down by Jim Linnell is a literary tour de force that inhabits the spaces of suffering and redemptive healing that can only come from the deepest centers of love. Both merciless and merciful, the book speaks to the heart core from a place of great wisdom and understanding . . . a profoundly deep and thoughtful and moving book.”—Denise Chávez, author of The King and Queen of Comezón, A Taco Testimony, and Loving Pedro Infante
“A powerful and gripping life story that inspires, teaches, and transcends the usual autobiography . . . Anyone who is fortunate to know him is blessed, and for those who don’t know him please read this book; it’s important!”—Patti Cohenour, Broadway actress
“Despite great advances in the treatment of spinal cord injuries over the past several decades, there is still no ability to fully restore the functional losses incurred as a consequence of these devastating injuries. At best, we are able to mitigate the progressive damage to the spinal cord, protect the function that remains (if there is any), and afford an opportunity for recovery. Following the first few weeks in the hospital for initial treatment, patients then embark on a long, arduous course of rehabilitation that perpetuates for months and even years. Unfortunately, a complete recovery never really happens. Jim Linnell’s biography beautifully captures the challenges, failures, and victories of that deeply personal and brutal journey. His narratives offer us a first-hand account of the viscerally disturbing (no pun intended) effects of surviving through the aftermath of a spinal cord injury, and the unwelcome but enlightening transformation from one life remembered to a life of unexpected challenges. His work afforded me even greater sensitivity and appreciation for the true persons who endure these injuries, their will to survive, and their new outlook on life.” —Andrew Patterson, M.D., Adult Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
“A deep and intimate look into one man’s journey navigating spinal cord injury. Jim invites you into his story with authenticity and vulnerability, helping the reader appreciate the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of relationships during challenging circumstances. Jim is an artful storyteller; this book is a poetic reflection of heartbreak, struggle, hard work, and restoration.”—Meghan Joyce, PT, DPT, NCS
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line967
|
__label__wiki
| 0.665534
| 0.665534
|
Applications for unemployment benefits fall to still-high 1.48 million
The steady decline in claims suggests that the job market has begun to slowly heal from the pandemic.
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABERAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — The number claims for unemployment benefits declined slightly to 1.48 million last week, the 12th straight drop and a sign that layoffs are slowing but are still at a painfully high level.
The steady decline in claims suggests that the job market has begun to slowly heal from the pandemic, which shuttered businesses and sent the unemployment rate up to 14.7% in April, its highest level since the Great Depression. The total number of people who are receiving jobless aid also fell last week, evidence that employers are rehiring some of the workers who had been laid off since mid-March.
Yet the latest figure also coincides with a sudden resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States, especially in the South and West, that’s threatening to derail a nascent economic rebound. On Wednesday, the nation set a record high of new coronavirus cases. Many states are establishing their own records for daily infections, including Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma. Cases of coronavirus have also jumped in Florida and Georgia.
Should those trends continue, states may reimpose some limits on businesses that would likely trigger job cuts. Whether by choice or by government order, fewer consumers would shop, travel, eat out and visit bars or gyms. All those scenarios would result in renewed layoffs and hinder the economy.
Nervous investors sent stock prices plummeting Wednesday over escalating fears that the economy will suffer further damage from the disease.
“The health crisis continues to cast a dark shadow over the economic landscape,” said Bob Schwartz, a senior economist at Oxford Economics, a forecasting firm.
Before this week’s heightened worries about the pandemic, many economists had been relatively optimistic. In May, the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, though to a still-high 13.3%. Consumers began spending again, sending retail sales jumping by a record amount. And sales of new homes rose as record-low mortgage rates fueled buyer interest.
In May, employers added 2.5 million jobs, a surprise gain. Still, that hiring represented just one-ninth of all the jobs that have been lost since the pandemic struck. And about 30 million Americans remain unemployed.
The economy shrank at a 5% annual rate in the first three months of the year, the government estimated Thursday. Yet economists envision a much sharper plunge in the April-June quarter — a rate of up to 30%, which would be the worst since record-keeping began in 1948. Analysts expect the economy to rebound in the second half of this year before potentially regaining its pre-pandemic level in late 2021 at the earliest.
Yet all that assumes that the pandemic doesn’t intensify, force widespread business closures again and set the job market and the economy even further back. If it does, the damage could be dire.
For now, real time data on small businesses suggests that the economy’s improvement slowed in June compared with May and then stalled in the past week in some states that had reopened their economies the earliest.
Homebase, a company that provides scheduling and time-tracking software to small companies, says the proportion of small businesses that have reopened has leveled off. As of Monday, 78% of U.S. small businesses that it tracks were open, little changed from a week earlier. In Florida and Texas, the proportion of small businesses that have closed has actually risen as a result of the resurgent viral outbreaks.
Apple said late Wednesday that it would re-close seven of its stores in the Houston area, which is suffering a spike in cases. Last week, it had said would re-close 11 other stores in four states.
Economists at Goldman Sachs have upgraded their economic forecasts for the rest of this year and next year in light of the retail sales gains and other positive data. But they warned that a “significant” second wave of cases this fall that would force business closures could slash growth next year by more than half.
For the unemployed, the federal government has been providing $600 in weekly benefits, on top of whatever state jobless aid recipients are receiving. This federal money has pumped nearly $20 billion a week into the economy and enabled many of the unemployed to stay afloat.
A majority of recipients are even earning more than they did at their old jobs, raising concerns that this could discourage some of them from returning to work. But the $600 a week in aid will expire after July, and Trump administration officials have said they oppose an extension. Republicans and Democrats in Congress have introduced compromise measures.
The $600 a week has been a major help to Alexis O’Neill, who was laid off in March from an accounting job at an aviation fuel company. O’Neill, 49, who lives with her mother in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is looking for a job that would allow her to work from home so she could avoid putting her mother at risk of contracting the virus.
She has applied for at least a dozen jobs but has received no responses except an acknowledgement of her application. Many open jobs now seem to offer lower pay than before the pandemic struck. Compounding the dilemma for O’Neill, Michigan is stuck with the nation’s second-highest state unemployment rate, 21.2%.
“The job market is terrible,” she said. “Everything either pays so badly or doesn’t come with benefits.”
Maine retailers urge customers to be kind, wear masks and keep their distance
State’s fraud investigations have derailed some Mainers’ federal unemployment benefits
Want news about Maine’s marijuana industry? Subscribe to the Maine Cannabis Report
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line969
|
__label__wiki
| 0.764414
| 0.764414
|
Home About My Account Join Renew Contact
What is Cereal Grain Science?
News Release Mailing List
Request a News Release
Scientific Initiatives
Standard Definitions & Resources
Engage & Collaborate
Meetings & EventsCurrently selected
Cereals & Grains 20
Meeting Presentations
Future Annual Meetings
Annual Meeting Mail List Sign Up
Cereal Chemistry
Cereal Chemistry - Call for Papers
Cereal Chemistry - Back Issues
Cereal Foods World
Cereal Foods World Archives
Analytical Resources
Approved Methods
Laboratory Proficiency Rating Program
Cereals & Grains 20
Meeting PresentationsCurrently selected
Cereals & Grains > Meetings & Events > Meeting Presentations
2013 Annual Meeting Presentations
The following presentations are available to AACCI members and individuals who attendeed the 2013 Annual Meeting, September 29-October 2, 2013, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Presentations are grouped by Session Title. To view the presentation titles, please use the image to expand/collapse. Abstracts are available to all.
Characterization and Functionality of Small Molecules
Young Scientist Research Award - (Metabolic profiling in cereals: Analysis of secondary metabolites in wheat using LC-QTOF/MS)
S. SIMSEK (1). (1) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, U.S.A.
View Abstract | View Presentation
Conversations that Matter....on the Issue of Gluten Free Products
Wheat avoidance, gluten diagnostics, and novel gluten-free foods
M. K. MORELL (1), G. Tanner (2), C. Howitt (2), M. Blundell (2), M. Colgrave (3), H. Goswami (3), D. Topping (4), S. Golley (4), N. Corsini (4), P. Mohr (4). (1) CSIRO, Canberra, Australia; (2) CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Canberra, Australia; (3) CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Brisbane, Australia; (4) CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Adelaide, Australia
On the viscoelastic mechanisms in cereal proteins: How can we use structural models on gluten viscoelasticity to functionalize non-gluten proteins?
M. Fevzioglu (1), O. H. Campanella (1), B. R. HAMAKER (1). (1) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.
A study to investigate the attitude of non-coeliac consumers towards gluten free products
D. Eden (1), V. STOJCESKA (1). (1) Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Conversations that Matter....on the Measurement of Dietary Fiber
An integrated procedure for the measurement of total dietary fiber—Challenges and updates
B. MCCLEARY (1). (1) Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Bray, Ireland
Impact of adding a second amyloglucosidase digestion to AACCI 32-45.01 (Total Dietary Fiber, Codex Alimentarius Definition) on fiber claims for rice products
W. PARK (1). (1) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
Conversations that Matter....on the Perception of Whole Grain Foods
Impact of wheat color and flour particle size on the sensory properties and adult hedonic scores of whole wheat breads
E. A. URIYO (1), S. M. Jervis (2), M. G. Jervis (2), B. Guthrie (3), G. Guo (4), J. Longshore (5). (1) Cargill - Horizon Milling, Victoria, MN, U.S.A.; (2) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (3) Cargill Global Food Research, Wayzata, MN, U.S.A.; (4) Horizon Milling, LLC - a Cargill JV, Minnetonka, MN, U.S.A.; (5) Cargill, Wayzata, MN, U.S.A.
Exploratory kids’ perspectives of whole wheat bread
M. Jervis (1), S. Jervis (1), M. Drake (1), G. GUO (2), B. D. Guthrie (3), E. A. Uriyo (4), R. Ostrander (2), J. Longshore (5). (1) NCSU, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (2) Horizon Milling, Minnetonka, MN, U.S.A.; (3) Cargill Global Food Research, Wayzata, MN, U.S.A.; (4) Horizon Milling, Wayzata, MN, U.S.A.; (5) Cargill Corporate Affairs, Wayzata, MN, U.S.A.
Gluten and Flour Functionality
Effect of flour aging on oxidative gelation and absorption characteristics of soft-wheat flour
J. E. MATTSON (1), O. Miranda-Garcia (1), A. S. Ross (1), T. Kongraksawech (1), A. D. Bettge (2). (1) Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.; (2) ADB Wheat Consulting, Moscow, ID, U.S.A.
Visualization of gluten, starch, and butter in pie pastry by fluorescence fingerprint imaging
M. KOKAWA (1), J. Sugiyama (2), M. Tsuta (2), K. Fujita (2), M. Yoshimura (2), M. Shibata (2), T. Araki (1), H. Nabetani (2). (1) The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; (2) National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
Gluten Characterization and Interactions
The expression of gluten proteins measured by SE-HPLC and different mass spectrometer analyses following abiotic stress treatments
M. T. LABUSCHAGNE (1), A. van Biljon (1). (1) University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Improved identification of wheat prolamins through alkylation of cysteine residues and peptide-based mass spectrometry
I. ROMBOUTS (1), B. Lagrain (1), M. Brunnbauer (2), J. A. Delcour (1), P. Koehler (2). (1) KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; (2) TU Munich, Freising, Germany
Comparison of solvent extraction methods for analysis of wheat flour lipids and how lipid classes are changed by aging
N. B. GHAHNAVIEHEI (1). (1) University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Impact of Cell Wall Components on Health
Thomas Burr Osborne Medal Award - (New technologies in cereal chemistry and related industries: From biochemistry to genome sequences)
G. B. FINCHER (1). (1) University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, Australia
Developing a cholesterol-lowering bread based on oat beta-glucan fibre
M. LYLY (1). (1) VAASAN Group, Espoo, Finland
New Techniques to Analyze Microstructures
Edith Christensen Award for Outstanding Contributions in Analytical Methodology - (The long journey of spectroscopic methods in cereals analysis, from moisture to the intangible)
S. R. DELWICHE (1). (1) USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD, U.S.A.
The structure and chemical composition of plant tissues revealed by high resolution attenuated total internal reflectance imaging
F. J. WARREN (1), C. H. Edwards (2), B. B. Perston (3), G. Mandalari (4), P. G. Royall (2), P. J. Butterworth (2), K. W. Waldron (4), P. R. Ellis (2). (1) University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; (2) King's College London, London, United Kingdom; (3) PerkinElmer, Beaconsfield, United Kingdom; (4) Institute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom
Predicting rheological behavior of wheat dough based on machine learning and front-face fluorescence spectroscopy on wheat flour
L. Rhazi (1), J. P. Bonhoure (1), T. Aussenac (1), L. LAKHAL (1). (1) Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, France
Combined sound and force measurements to assess crispness of food products
S. P. PENSON (1), H. Metcalfe (1), M. C. Poole (1). (1) Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, United Kingdom
Polysaccharides Digestion and Fermentation
Alsberg-French-Schoch Memorial Award - The intricacies of starch digestion and a view towards quality and health benefit
B. R. HAMAKER (1). (1) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.
Science Cafe: Cereal Food Processing: What Are the Benefits?
Benefits and challenges of food processing
R. A. FLORES (1). (1) University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
Structure of cereal foods: Impact on health outcomes
K. S. POUTANEN (1). (1) VTT, Espoo, Finland
Processing to enhance ingredient functionality of whole grains
J. L. CASPER (1), S. M. Finnie (2), J. Turner (3). (1) Cargill Horizon Milling, Plymouth, MN, U.S.A.; (2) Cargill, Inc., Plymouth, MN, U.S.A.; (3) Cargill Horizon Milling, Minnetonka, MN, U.S.A.
Science Cafe: Conflict of Interest in Science: Myth or Reality?
Contract research organization perspective
C. COOK (1). (1) Biofortis Clinical Research, Addison, IL, U.S.A.
S. JONNALAGADDA (1). (1) General Mills, Inc., Golden Valley, MN, U.S.A.
Advancing science through public-private partnerships: Key to success
J. SLAVIN (1). (1) University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Science Cafe: Leveraging Innovation and Cost Management for Profitability
Leveraging continuous improvement for cost management, profitability and innovation
L. MURRAY (1). (1) Bunge North America, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Using Lean Six Sigma to improve profitability in the food industry
K. M. GARDNER (1). (1) Ingredion, Saline, MI, U.S.A.
Challenges and opportunities in improving profitability by managing costs and innovation
T. S. COGSWELL (1). (1) BakerCogs, Inc., Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Challenges and opportunities in leveraging innovation to improve profitability
J. BARTA (1). (1) General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Special: The New Generation of Professionals: Opportunities and Challenges in Transitioning from School to Work
How NDSU prepares students to be productive professionals in the food industry
C. HALL (1). (1) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, U.S.A.
Opportunities for professionals in the cereal science and bakery industry
D. M. HAYMAN (1). (1) Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI, U.S.A.
Opportunities for professionals in the food industry
E. A. ARNDT (1). (1) ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Interviewing dos and don’ts for young professionals & the ins and outs of negotiating your first salary!
A post-doc’s expectations in transitioning from academia to industry
J. E. BOCK (1). (1) University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
A student’s expectations in transitioning from school to work
A. GOLDSTEIN (1). (1) University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Special: Whole Grains, from Evolution to Revolution
Trends in whole grains and market development
C. W. HARRIMAN (1). (1) Oldways / The Whole Grains Council, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Regulatory update: Whole grains
L. SANDERS (1). (1) American Bakers Association, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Supply and demand—Can we sustain the whole grain market? Milling operation redesign to deliver whole grains
C. L. MILLER (1). (1) Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.
Challenges for developing whole grain baked goods—Impact of flour shelf life on baking quality, performance, and sensory
Standard methods for whole wheat flour evaluation
A. D. BETTGE (1), S. M. Finnie (2). (1) ADB Wheat Consulting, Moscow, ID, U.S.A.; (2) Cargill, Inc., Plymouth, MN, U.S.A.
Starch Structure and Digestion
Genotype and environment influences on the amylolytic breakdown of wheat starch
L. COPELAND (1), M. T. Nhan (2). (1) Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; (2) College of Agriculture & Applied Biology, Cantho University, Cantho, Vietnam
The structure of the starch granule affects cereal grain germination
A. BLENNOW (1), S. S. Shaik (1), M. Carciofi (1), K. H. Hebelstrup (2), H. J. Martens (1). (1) University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark; (2) Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, Denmark
Effects of the amount and type of fatty acid on the in-vitro starch digestibility and expected glycemic index of millet starch
G. A. ANNOR (1), M. Marcone (1), M. Corredig (1), E. Bertoft (1), K. Seetharaman (1). (1) University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Retrogradation of dextrins during in vitro digestion of native starch granules
J. HASJIM (1), A. Teng (1), K. Wang (1), T. Witt (1). (1) The University of Queensland, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Brisbane, Australia
Starch Structure and Processing
The Cinderella of starch structure: Amylose fine structure and functional properties of starch-containing foods
R. G. GILBERT (1), A. C. Wu (1), K. Wang (1), F. J. Warren (1), F. Vilaplana (2). (1) University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; (2) KTH Biotechnology, Stockholm, Sweden
Studies on Rice
Effect of nitrogen application on the physicochemical properties of selected rice varieties
R. BRYANT (1), K. Yeater (2), A. McClung (1). (1) Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR, U.S.A.; (2) USDA ARS, Southern Plains Area, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
Symposium: Ancient and Alternative Grains: Nutritional and Functional Benefits for Product Development
Fiber and nutrient profiles of ancient grains and their effect on health
J. M. JONES (1). (1) Dept. of Family, Consumer & Nutritional Sci., St. Catherine University, Arden Hills, MN, U.S.A.
Janus and Argus: Multiple and opposite aspects of non-gluten proteins in ancient grains
F. BONOMI (1), A. Barbiroli (1), S. Iametti (1), M. Marengo (1), A. Marti (1), M. Miriani (1), A. Pagani (1). (1) DeFENS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Einkorn: A potential candidate for developing high-lutein wheat
E. S. ABDEL-AAL (1). (1) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
An obliging ancient grain: Sorghum
D. AUSTIN (1). (1) Novozymes NA, Franklinton, NC, U.S.A.
Symposium: Antioxidants in Grains and Health: Is There a Linkage?
In vitro antioxidant assays: Are they relevant?
D. HUANG (1). (1) Food Science and Technology Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Diet antioxidant capacity: Relationship to oxidative stress and health
R. L. PRIOR (1). (1) University of Arkansas, Searcy, AR, U.S.A.
Food regulations regarding antioxidants and health
S. JONNALAGADDA (1). (1) General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, Golden Valley, MN, U.S.A.
Symposium: Best Student Research Paper Competition
Selection of hard spring and winter wheat with no polyphenol oxidase activity
S. M. HYSTAD (1). (1) Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.
Modulating state transition and mechanical properties of viscoelastic resins from maize zein through interactions with plasticizers and co-proteins
D. P. ERICKSON (1), S. Renzetti (2), A. Jurgens (2), O. H. Campanella (1), B. R. Hamaker (1). (1) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.; (2) TNO Functional Ingredients Expertise Group, Zeist, Netherlands
Improving the nutritional quality of pasta: Rheological studies on pasta dough with nontraditional ingredients
E. DE LA PEÑA (1), B. K. Patel (2), O. H. Campanella (2), F. A. Manthey (1). (1) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, U.S.A.; (2) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.
Symposium: Bioactive Components of Grains: Health Benefits, Effects of Processing, and Bioavailability
Whole-grain food structure, phytochemical bioavailability and potential health effects: From a reductionist to a holistic approach
A. FARDET (1). (1) INRA, Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, NM, France
Symposium: Designing Safe Grain-Based Food Products
Food safety: An integral part of product development
D. MCINTYRE (1). (1) Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN, U.S.A.
How to address microbiological safety concerns of high risk ingredients
J. D. MEYER (1). (1) Covance Laboratories, Inc., Monona, WI, U.S.A.
Processing and its key role in assuring safety
A. BIANCHINI (1). (1) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
Symposium: Food Safety in the Global Supply Chain: Facts vs. Myths
GMOs: Are they a regulatory or food safety issue?
R. E. GOODMAN (1). (1) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
Symposium: Grain Processing: Impacts of Grain Flows, Sustainability, and Grain Production Goals on Ingredient Costs and Food Aid
Sustainability from grains to ingredients
B. DIETRICH (1). (1) Bunge, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Perspectives on the future of corn feedstocks
S. PETERSEN (1). (1) Monsanto Company, Chelsea, IA, U.S.A.
The evolving quality of U.S. food aid—New formulations of fortified blended foods
Q. W. JOHNSON (1). (1) Quican Inc., Rockwood, ON, Canada
Tracing the food aid supply chain
P. B. GREEN (1). (1) North American Millers' Association, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Symposium: Overview of Health Risks Associated with Acrylamide and Mitigation Strategies in Carbohydrate-Rich Foods
Acrylamide: Health issues and resulting international attention
D. R. LINEBACK (1). (1) JIFSAN/University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A.
Mechanisms of acrylamide and acrylamide adduct formation
M. Granvogl (1), P. KOEHLER (2), P. Schieberle (2). (1) Chair for Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; (2) German Research Center for Food Chemistry, Leibniz Institute, Freising, Germany
Symposium: Pulses as Complementary Ingredients in Cereal-Based Products
Opportunities to capitalize on pulse protein quality
J. D. HOUSE (1). (1) Dept. Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Understanding the impact of pulse flour properties on product quality
L. Bourré (1), H. D. MASKUS (1), L. Malcolmson (1), Y. Supeene (1), E. Assefaw (1). (1) Canadian International Grains Institute, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Applications of pulses as gluten-free ingredients
L. MALCOLMSON (1), C. Peterson (2). (1) LM Food Solutions, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; (2) SunOpta Ingredients Group, Edina, MN, U.S.A.
Symposium: Recent Advances in Starch Research
Synchrotron spectro-imaging of starch structure and properties
A. BULEON (1). (1) INRA, National French Research Institute for Agriculture, Nantes, France
How is the assembly of crystalline lamella influenced by the molecular structure of amylopectin?
V. VAMADEVAN (1), E. Bertoft (1), K. Seetharaman (1). (1) University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
On the gelatinisation and gelation of aqueous starch suspensions: Molecular, nanomorphological, and mechanistic aspects
B. GODERIS (1), S. Gomand (1), J. Putseys (1), C. J. Gommes (1), P. Van Puyvelde (1), J. A. Delcour (2). (1) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; (2) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
Symposium: Role of Extrusion in Improving Nutritional Profiles of Cereal Foods
Influence of extrusion on the health benefits of soluble fibre in oat cereal products
S. M. TOSH (1). (1) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
Symposium: Technologies & Issues for Rice Quality Determination
U.S. rice industry—Quality issues and potential solutions
S. LINSCOMBE (1). (1) LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station, Rayne, LA, U.S.A.
California rice—Capturing quality
K. S. MCKENZIE (1), V. C. Andaya (1), F. Jodari (1), S. O. Samonte (1). (1) Rice Experiment Station, California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Biggs, CA, U.S.A.
Weighing arsenic and other risks with the nutritional benefits of rice
Symposium: Value-Added Processing of Oats and Barley
Oats—It’s not just for breakfast anymore: New products from oats
P. J. WHALEN (1). (1) Oat Tech Incorporated, Rapid City, SD, U.S.A.
Strategies to minimize the challenges attributed to oat and barley cereal beta-glucan utilization
T. VASANTHAN (1). (1) University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Barley protein microparticles as nutraceutical delivery systems
L. CHEN (1). (1) University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Effect of processing on physicochemical properties and efficacy of oat and barley beta-glucan
N. AMES (1), S. Tosh (2). (1) Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; (2) Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
Symposium: Wheat Improvement in the 21st Century
Wheat breeding: Past, present, and future
B. F. CARVER (1). (1) Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, U.S.A.
Wheat genomics for grain quality improvement
R. J. HENRY (1). (1) University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Increasing resistant starch in wheat using TILLING
B. HAZARD (1), X. Zhang (1), P. Colasuonno (2), C. Uauy (3), D. Beckles (1), J. Dubcovsky (1). (1) University of California Davis - Department of Plant Sciences, Davis, CA, U.S.A.; (2) Dep. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; (3) Dep. of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
The changing wheat breeding industry
E. SOUZA (1). (1) Bayer CropScience, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
Advertise | Bookstore | Contact Us
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line970
|
__label__wiki
| 0.833655
| 0.833655
|
Summer fun and life lessons at Camp Cadet
Camp Cadet participants march to the flagpole on Monday morning.
On Monday morning, just after breakfast, 120 boys and girls lined up at Camp Saginaw near Oxford, ready to be put to the test.
As a police officer shouted out the cadence, the campers marched in step – or as close to in step as they could manage – up to the camp flagpole, where they lined up in rows for the flag raising. Pennsylvania State Trooper Samantha Minnucci, binder in hand, gave the orders for the morning: “We're going to be going down to the lake, so you will need sunscreen and bug spray!” she shouted.
“Yes ma'am!” the campers shouted back in unison.
The routine will be repeated each morning during Camp Cadet, a week-long camp that combines the usual summer rituals – campfires, boating, swimming and plenty of chow – with lessons in regimentation, rigorous exercise and a just a taste of what being in the military is like. Minnucci, who has been part of Camp Cadet for three years, and the camp director for the past two years, said the campers – ages 11 to 13 – sometimes arrive with a chip on their shoulders.
“Most of the kids don't want to do this at first, but once they come to orientation and see everything they'll be doing, they think, 'Wow – it's really not boot camp.'”
Camp Cadet was started in 1970 in Pennsylvania, and came to Chester County in 1971. “It was started to get youth and law enforcement connected,” Minnucci said. “To explain that police are there to help them, and we risk our lives for them every day.”
The camp has been held at Saginaw for three years, “because of how much they offer at this facility,” she said. “We have everything we need. We have a shooting range where campers can elect to learn gun safety and then fire a revolver. We have firearms instructors to teach them that it's not a toy, we teach them firearm safety, and that it's a powerful weapon. We do that so they don't think, 'Ooh, I want to know what that feels like' and pick up a gun. We hold their arms while they do it, but they can feel it's powerful, so they're not going to touch it on their own.”
There's a tall wooden tower and a zip line that tests the bravery of young campers, a rock-climbing wall, motorized go-carts, a lake with canoes and fishing, a pool, and custom activities that Minnucci spends a whole year organizing.
“We teach them drug and alcohol prevention, we bring in the K-9 unit, the mounted unit from the State Police, we bring in representatives from all the armed services,” she said. “Last night, we had 17 police cars come. They came in with lights and sirens, and all the kids could go and ask the officers questions. It was great. Yes, we are a State Police-run program, but all law enforcement is invited. Some of these kids have local departments, so we brought officers in from Coatesville, or Sadsbury. We want each kid to have an interaction with someone from their own police department.”
There's a simulated crime scene later in the week where campers will be asked to remember as many details as possible, and then investigate the clues to solve the crime. They'll get a chance to be fingerprinted, to see how officers subdue and handcuff suspects, and see what a drug bust – using bags full of sugar as the drugs – really looks like.
On Monday morning, guest Derrick Flood, a U.S. Army drill sergeant, led the campers in how to stand at attention, how to listen to directions and maintain decorum.
“With discipline, you're not going to move when you're told you shouldn't be moving,” Flood told the campers. “But I saw some people looking at me, scratching their nose. Why? Lack of discipline, yes? Well, we're going to fix that. Correct?”
“Yes, drill sergeant!” the campers shouted in unison.
“We do yell a little bit, but we're really not that bad,” Minnucci said, smiling. “We know we're dealing with children, and we have rules for everything. We don't go overboard. When we were in the police academy, we got it bad. These kids? Not even close. So we do treat them like children, but we still give them the discipline.”
What the campers gain, she said, is increased self-esteem – whether they find it on the zip line, in the fun activities or in the way every camper gets the same yellow shirts and hats, so there are no comparisons of wealth or background during the week. “We want them to leave behind where they grew up, how much money they have. We want them to come here and learn together,” Minncci said. “It's also an easier way to keep track of 120 kids,” she added, smiling.
She is careful to select campers from a wide range of areas in the county – wealthy and needy – for the free camp, which is funded by $35,000 raised through donations and fundraisers throughout the year. This year, there were almost 300 applicants, and 120 were chosen.
The officers who staff the camp all week are volunteers, Minnucci said. “We're here 24/7. There is one trooper or local officer assigned to each cabin,” she said. “We leave our own families behind for a week, and we get homesick ourselves. We tell the kids we know what they're going through.”
While some of the campers are at the camp because it's a week of camp they might not otherwise be able to afford, there are some who are very interested in the military or police work, as well as those who struggle with the most basic physical challenges.
“We started with a run this morning, and some of these kids can't run 200 feet,” Minnucci said. “It's a shame. We're trying to get them out of that 'Let's play video games' thing. We want them to get in shape and havc long, healthy lives. They may say they can't do it, but we push them. And afterwards, they're proud of themselves.”
Each day begins with reveille at 6 a.m., followed by physical training for 45 minutes, then breakfast. There's an hour of drilling each day, which still leaves plenty of time for fun.
There were some wandering eyes and fidgety feet during the drills on Monday morning, the second day of camp, and Minnucci said the campers sometimes resist the discipline, but by the end of the week, the graduation ceremony includes every child marching into place in uniform and performing some of the drills they've learned.
“The parents are amazed by it,” Minnucci said. “They're like, 'That's my kid?' To see them go from a mess to amazing in a week is a wonderful feeling.
“It's challenging but so rewarding,” she said. “I had one kid say, 'I feel like I've left my young self behind, and I'm moving on with my adult self.' Another one said, 'I realize that Batman and Superman aren't really heroes. It's you guys. You're risking your lives for us. You're our heroes.' To hear that from kids, it shows they're getting the message.
“So they're learning, they're improving, and hopefully they'll take this experience with them the rest of their lives. We want them to really blossom, and they do.”
To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, email [email protected].
Camp Cadet [4 Images] Click Any Image To Expand
Pennsylvania State Police trooper Samantha Minnucci is the camp director for Camp Cadet.
The flag-raising ceremony is held each morning at Camp Saginaw near Oxford.
Drill sergeant Derrick Flood instructed the campers on Monday.
The campers stand at attention for Sgt. Flood.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line972
|
__label__wiki
| 0.824341
| 0.824341
|
Conor Coady wants Wolves to build on victory at Arsenal
Conor Coady returned to the Wolves team as they won at Arsenal on Sunday.
Wolves captain Conor Coady insists they must build on their win at Arsenal after ending a 41-year wait for an away victory against the Gunners.
Despite a 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium, Wolves were unable to celebrate following an early clash of heads which left striker Raul Jimenez with a fractured skull.
The Mexico international underwent surgery on Sunday evening after his team-mates had secured three points as Pedro Neto and Daniel Podence scored either side of a Gabriel Magalhaes equaliser.
After the game, Coady was quick to offer his best wishes to Jimenez as well as dedicate the win to the 29-year-old.
FT | #ARS 1-2 #WOL
Our first win at the Emirates, but some things are more important than football. All of our thoughts are with Raul Jimenez. #ARSWOL
⏱🐺 pic.twitter.com/jkcbB8eqO5
— Wolves (@Wolves) November 29, 2020
The England international then went on to praise the performance of the visitors and believes the win gives them something to build on heading into a hectic festive schedule.
“We’re trying to get better, trying to evolve, and I think you can see that,” he said.
“You can see the club try and move in the right direction and it’s something we need to move along with as players. We’re enjoying playing, we’re learning new things from our manager.
“To come here and win is no mean feat, it’s a fantastic result, because when you come to the Emirates you don’t often get results, not many teams come here and get results, so it’s huge for us, it’s something we can take forward.
Daniel Podence scored what proved to be the winner for Wolves (John Walton/PA)
“Looking at the performance, I feel like we did quite well. I thought the lads were fantastic from start to finish.
“We had to dig in at the end, but we knew we were going to have to with a goal advantage. The result and performance were fantastic, we’re made up with it, but let’s just hope Raul’s alright.”
While Wolves can look back on a job well done in trying circumstances, the defeat was a third straight home league loss for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.
They sit 14th in the table after their worst start to a league campaign in 39 years, with Arteta insisting after the game that is he not worried about his position.
The Spaniard won the FA Cup after nine months in charge but has struggled to get consistency from his side ever since replacing Unai Emery last December.
Midfielder Joe Willock made his second league start in a week and admitted that the team are not operating at a high enough level.
“We’re not playing well enough as a team at the moment,” he said.
Arsenal have now lost five of their opening 10 Premier League games of the season. (Andy Rain/PA)
“It was very disappointing, you never want to lose at the Emirates or in any game but I feel like in the first half it wasn’t good enough.
“We’re not playing well enough as a team at the moment and we need to stick together and bounce back from this very quickly.
“I don’t think it’s clicking enough and there’s not enough fluidity in the team. We need to sort this out as quickly as possible to fight for the position we want to fight for.”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line973
|
__label__cc
| 0.648713
| 0.351287
|
Cloudera Debuts in 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems
First and Only Pure-play Hadoop Vendor Denotes Importance of Open Source Hadoop to Complement Existing DBMS Technology
PALO ALTO, Calif. – March 17, 2014 –Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™, today announced that for the first time it has been positioned in the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems.
According to Gartner, “Offloading of historical data will demand lower-priced storage tiers, but will insist that historical data can be accessed for in-depth, longer-term analysis. This will be one role of the new technologies and will retard the demand for bigger data warehouses based solely on storage.” This statement is in line with what Cloudera is seeing and hearing from its own customer base - the need and desire to complement their existing data warehouse infrastructure with robust and cost-effective Hadoop-based technology that enables them to solve problems that weren’t addressable with a traditional EDW alone.
“Cloudera continues to transform the enterprise data management market,” said Mike Olson, founder, chairman of the Board and chief strategy officer, Cloudera. “We believe that our position in the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems validates our ability to innovate and provide our customers with the technology and support that they need. The report highlights Cloudera’s growing role alongside existing data warehouse infrastructure.”
In 2013 Cloudera announced its vision behind an enterprise data hub (EDH,) namely one place to store all data for as long as desired in its original fidelity for as long as is necessary, delivering insights to all kinds of users, as fast as possible. Built with Apache Hadoop at its core, it is a new, more powerful and scalable data platform with the flexibility to run a variety of workloads — batch processing, interactive SQL, enterprise search, advanced analytics — together with robust security, governance, data protection and management that enterprises require.
According to the report, “The Niche providers in 2013 saw new entrants challenge them and, in some cases, moved swiftly past them. However, the overall broadening of vision in the market, with competing approaches, is actually creating openings for new vendors. Niche Players generally deliver a highly specialized product with limited market appeal. Frequently, a Niche Player provides an exceptional data warehouse DBMS product, but is isolated or limited to a specific end-user community, region or industry. Although (sometimes) the solution itself may have no limitations, adoption is limited.”
A New Way of Doing Things: Bringing Compute to Data with an Enterprise Data Hub
An enterprise data hub serves as an integral component of a new hybrid approach to data management, which pragmatically extends and complements the value of existing investments while enabling fundamentally new ways of delivering value from data.
An enterprise data hub can be used:
As an Active Archive - providing one place for all data of all types, cost-effectively retained in full fidelity for any period of time. As a staging area for new enterprise data, you could even call an EDH an automatic archive.
As one place to transform data from its raw format into structured formats for consumption by existing systems, while retaining the original data for future use and reuse. Nothing is lost.
By business users to get direct, agile access to specific data sets to explore and analyze in-place, reducing the BI backlog of business user requests and freeing capacity on existing systems.
To derive real benefit from bringing new analytic workloads to the EDH, reducing the need to invest in and move large volumes of data between platforms just to ask new questions. Native engines - Batch, Streaming, Interactive SQL, Search, Machine Learning, and more - are complemented by third-party products running directly in an enterprise data hub. Better analytical tools generate more value from more data, driving revenue and profit.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line976
|
__label__wiki
| 0.719078
| 0.719078
|
We Are Atheism
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Conservative (Talk | contribs) at 19:24, 16 May 2016. It may differ significantly from current revision.
Revision as of 19:24, 16 May 2016 by Conservative (Talk | contribs)
The We Are Atheism campaign is an initiative launched in 2011 to promote atheism by means of having atheist be more outspoken about their atheism instead of hiding it from others.[1] See also: Closet atheism
As far as various views on atheists within the United States, research in the American Sociological Review finds that among several groups listed, atheists are the group that Americans relate least to in terms of their vision of American society and are the group most likely to be mentioned as one that Americans would not want to have marry into their family. [2] Dr. Sam Harris is one of the founders of the New Atheism movement. Sam Harris is quite aware of the stigma surrounding atheism and has even advocated that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.[3] In fact, Dr. Harris has said concerning the label of atheist, "It's right next to child molester as a designation."[4]
We Are Atheism scandal
Hemant Mehta
See also: Atheist nonprofit scandals
Hemant Mehta wrote in 2015:
“ Earlier this year, I posted a series of concerns I had about a group called We Are Atheism.
The group raised money from atheists after tragic events and natural disasters, supposedly to help victims and their families, but the money didn’t always make it there. In some cases, it was given to people completely unaffected by the tragedies, unbeknownst to the donors at the time. The co-founders said publicly they weren’t taking a salary, even though they were. They said donations to the group were tax-deductible, even when they weren’t....
Several former board members of We Are Atheism later spoke up about why they resigned; their reasons included a lack of financial transparency in the organization.
Since all of that went down, Lee Moore took over as President of We Are Atheism and Amanda Brown stepped down from the board (she no longer has a formal connection with the group).
Moore vowed to get an independent tax firm to look over the group’s finances and pledged to make things right...
So what happened with that independent tax firm?...
Simply put: They couldn’t complete the audit. They asked Brown for access to certain accounts involving We Are Atheism’s money and they didn’t receive it.[5]
Atheism and social outcasts
Atheism and public relations
Atheism statistics
Essay: "We Are atheism" campaign faces some challenges - humor/satire
↑ About We are Atheism
↑ Edgell, Gerteis & Hartmann 2006
↑ http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist
↑ An Update on We Are Atheism by Hemant Mehta, September 15, 2015]
Retrieved from "https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=We_Are_Atheism&oldid=1218372"
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line980
|
__label__wiki
| 0.914699
| 0.914699
|
At the Center for Global Security Research of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Visit to U.S. nuclear labs and former Nevada Test Site
Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo (right) with LLNL Director Bill Goldstein.
At the invitation of the U.S. government, CTBTO Executive Lassina Zerbo visited the U.S. nuclear labs, the Nevada National Security Site (formerly Nevada Test Site) as well as Stanford University and the Monterey Institute of International Studies from 19 to 25 November 2015.
The LLNL-developed 'smart sampler' to extract radioactive noble gases during on-site inspections.
During his visit to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Zerbo was welcomed by LLNL Director William H. Goldstein and viewed the laboratory’s contributions to CTBT verification, such as device for detecting radioactivity during on-site inspections and innovative seismic monitoring techniques.
Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo and California's Governor Jerry Brown (left).
While in California, he met with the State’s Governor Jerry Brown to discuss cooperation on raising awareness for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The State of California is host to the 4 of the 38 International Monitoring System facilities hosted by the United States.
It is a sobering thing to visit a place where so many nuclear explosions were conducted, and I appreciate this tremendous opportunity. I applaud the United States for foregoing nuclear explosive testing for over 23 years and I hope that will continue, along with the U.S. support for our efforts to make a global ban on nuclear explosions the international norm. I was greatly impressed by what I saw in Nevada, and it has given me a renewed motivation to make nuclear explosions a thing of the past for all nations. Executive Secretary Zerbo about the work of the U.S. labs in support of the CTBT
In Nevada, Zerbo visited the National Atomic Testing Museum and toured the Nevada National Security Site, where he viewed the crater from the 1962 Sedan nuclear test and the tower of the cancelled 1992 Icecap nuclear test.
It is our privilege to invite Dr Zerbo to visit the Nevada National Security Site. We thought it was important for him to visit the place where the United States did so many of its nuclear weapons explosive tests; to see not only the environment but to also feel a little bit that history and to understand why it is so important both for the CTBTO and the United States that we never test again. Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration
At the Sedan test crater with NNSA Deputy Administrator Anne Harrington.
In his discussion with scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Zerbo emphasized the importance of science and technology for CTBT verification.
With former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz.
In California, he met former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz at Stanford University and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry. Perry is also a member of the CTBT Group of Eminent Persons (GEM).
The CTBT is one of the most important Treaties around. The justification for a yes vote is more powerful today...You can point to a verification system & say it works. It seems like a 'no-brainer' to ratify this Treaty. Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz
During his visit to the United States, Zerbo also visited Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
In 1996, I was the lead author on a position statement from the two largest professional societies that include seismology (AGU and SSA) on the verifiability of a CTBT. To be able to see the CTBTO stand-up in 20 years and do such a marvelous job is quite an achievement. Terry Wallace, Senior Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Manager Terry Wallace welcomed Zerbo to the lab.
See also NNSA press release of 24 November 2015.
View of massive Sedan Crater from 104kt #nuclear explosion for US so called 'peaceful' program @NNSANevada @NNSANews pic.twitter.com/9aHmY5LgxW
— Lassina Zerbo (@SinaZerbo) November 24, 2015
A real privilege to meet again with good friend Secretary William Perry @secdef19. A man I truly admire. pic.twitter.com/UFTVMTpwAL
At #Stanford @HooverInst with George Shultz - generously sharing his 95 years of wisdom & knowledge of arms control. pic.twitter.com/keeKbnWV70
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line983
|
__label__wiki
| 0.676487
| 0.676487
|
Home Football The Barcelona man leading a Feyenoord revolution
The Barcelona man leading a Feyenoord revolution
Dominating the Dutch league table, hopes are high in Rotterdam that a former Barca star can deliver Feyenoord a first league title win since 1999
Coming into the latest season in the Netherlands, Feyenoord’s realistic chances of a title win were fairly slim. The club finished the previous year in third but did so with a cavernous 21-point deficit to the eventual champions PSV Eindhoven.
Optimism is a virtue that Feyenoord fans certainly don’t lack, however, and so the title was always their target for this season. As it turns out, their optimism might be well justified.
The Rotterdam-based outfit began the campaign with a run of nine straight wins. And with their main rivals PSV and Ajax stumbling out of the starting blocks, hearts of thousands of Feyenoord fans were filled with hope. De Trots van Zuid have been able to maintain the side’s solid start and are now in a position where history should not repeat itself.
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/embed/bZFH7scy3vY[/fve]
Although Feyenoord have largely been overshadowed by Ajax and PSV over the past 15 years, there have been moments when the club was involved in a title race but failed to pull through. Under the guidance of Ronald Koeman (2011-2014), for example, the supporters enjoyed some great football but finished runners-up twice.
Incidentally, a former teammate of Koeman is now in charge as Feyenoord are heading into yet another title challenge. The appointment of Giovanni van Bronckhorst was met with multiple raised eyebrows as the former Barcelona and Arsenal player had too little experience that would be required for the job, according to many pundits. However, the 41-year-old has done extremely well since his arrival and is currently on the receiving end of praise.
The key players for Van Bronckhorst this season are his talisman Nicolai Jorgensen and former Aston Villa midfielder Karim El Ahmadi. The technically gifted Moroccan pulls the strings in the centre of the park and this is one of the main reasons the Eredivisie leaders have scored an impressive total of 54 goals so far.
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/embed/eOHRzN9IOHo[/fve]
Next to Jorgensen and El Ahmadi, Feyenoord still have veteran Dirk Kuyt in their squad as well. The Dutchman looks every bit as sharp as in his Liverpool days and can, with his experience, become instrumental in Feyenoord’s pursuit for a first Eredivisie title win this century.
One thing is for sure; if Feyenoord can pull it off, everyone single player will be greeted as gods by the fans and celebrations will be like you’ve never seen before. The supporters are crying out for the title and missing out on it yet again would be a very hard blow to overcome.
erevivisie
van bronckhorst
Previous articleNew Zealand v Australia, 1st ODI, Auckland – The talking points
Next articleWhy a finance feud sees Argentine league in “terminal crisis”
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line988
|
__label__wiki
| 0.851997
| 0.851997
|
Published on CRL (https://www.crl.edu)
Home > LLMC Receives CLIR Funding to Complete Early State Records
LLMC Receives CLIR Funding to Complete Early State Records [1]
The Library of Congress’ Early States Records Project. Converted from the original microfilm held by the Vincent C. Immel Law Library, Saint Louis University
Judy Alspach - jalspach@crl.edu [3]
In January 2020, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced a grant awarded [4] to the Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC), CRL's Global Resources Partner in Law and Government [5], for the digitization and description of more than 500 reels of the Early State Records microfilm collection, a historic collection of early American law and government-related documents. The award represents the completion of LLMC's fundraising, in partnership with CRL, to provide digital access to this important set of primary source materials for the study of America from territorial times through the early twentieth century.
The Early State Records [6] microfilm compilation was initially undertaken in the 1940s by the Library of Congress with the cooperation of hundreds of libraries and state and local agencies across the (then) 48 states. The project eventually captured 2.5 million pages on approximately 2,000 reels of microfilm. The collection includes constitutions and records and debates of constitutional conventions; statutes, journals, minutes, proceedings, and debates of the legislative bodies of the 13 American colonies; administrative, executive, and court records; local, county, and city records; contemporaneous records of the American Indian nations; as well as newspapers for British colonial America.
In 2016, LLMC undertook a campaign among its membership to raise funds for "Phase One" of the Early State Records digitization, including content from the states on the Atlantic seaboard (13 original colonies, in addition to Maine and Florida), as well as all the Native American documents in the collection. In 2018-2019, LLMC and CRL campaigned to raise funds from the CRL community to launch "Phase Two," covering the remaining 26 states and territories west of the Appalachians. CRL and LLMC members collectively raised more than half the funds required to complete this phase. CLIR's Hidden Collections award will ensure that this significant resource is discoverable and accessible to scholars and the general public.
Early State Records is one of LLMC's most substantial initiatives, applying advanced digitization post-processing and valuable abstracts to these primary and secondary sources held in numerous state, federal and foreign libraries, historical societies, archives, and legislatures. As of February 2020, LLMC has already added 2,700 Early State Records titles [7] to its LLMC Digital online service. For additional information about Early States Records or LLMC, a non-profit cooperative of libraries dedicated to the twin goals of making available and preserving legal titles and government documents, please see www.llmcdigital.org [8] or send an email to llmc@llmc-digital.org [9].
United States [10] Law and government [11] Digitization [12]
See All [13]
Source URL: https://www.crl.edu/news/llmc-receives-clir-funding-complete-early-state-records
[1] https://www.crl.edu/news/llmc-receives-clir-funding-complete-early-state-records
[2] https://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/highlight_images/LLMCcropped.jpg
[3] mailto:jalspach@crl.edu
[4] https://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/funded-projects
[5] https://www.crl.edu/collaborations/global-resources-partnerships/law-library-microform-consortium
[6] https://edesiderata.crl.edu/resources/early-state-records#crl-review
[7] http://llmc.com/collection.aspx?type=4&coll=501
[8] http://www.llmcdigital.org
[9] mailto:llmc@llmc-digital.org
[10] https://www.crl.edu/facets/united-states
[11] https://www.crl.edu/facets/law-and-government
[12] https://www.crl.edu/facets/digitization
[13] https://www.crl.edu/news
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line989
|
__label__wiki
| 0.896118
| 0.896118
|
Scales picked to lead women's basketball
Wed May 2, 2018
Colby Community College announced Wichita South High School head coach Antwain Scales will lead the Lady Trojan basketball program beginning in 2018. He takes over for interim head coach Shareka Maner, who finished last season when Chris Marks resigned in November.
“I am thankful for the opportunity that Dr. Carter and the Colby staff and administration has given me,” Scales said. “I am eager to get to work resurrecting the Trojan women’s basketball program.”
Scales enters the position after a storied seven year career at South when he went 152-18. His teams appeared in the Kansas 6A state tournament every year and won four consecutive championships from 2013-16. The fourth title earned him coach of the year honors by the National High School Coaches Association and the National Federation of State High School Associations.
CCC President Dr. Seth Carter believes in the philosophy Scales brings to the college.
“Coach Scales has developed a culture of not only winning but also helping young women become better students and citizens,” Carter said. “These are attributes we deem vitally important to leading the Colby Community College women's basketball program.”
Scales is expected to bring stability to a program that has struggled in recent years. The Lady Trojans are 34-152 since 2012, including a record of 11-106 in the competitive Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.
“This will be a strategic process that will not be taken lightly,” said Scales. “I am committed to establishing a winning culture academically and athletically that the Colby community can be proud of. It's a good day to be a Colby Trojan.”
Scales will officially begin his duties May 14.
Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Community
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line992
|
__label__wiki
| 0.519332
| 0.519332
|
Woman dies after drinking 3650 litres of Coke a year
A woman in New Zealand who drank up to 10 litres of Coca-Cola every day died after suffering a cardiac arrest, it has been revealed.
Natasha Harris developed a serious addiction that saw her drink as much as 17.5 pints of Coke in one day – amounting to more than 1kg (2.2lb) of sugar and 970mg of caffeine, more than 11 times the recommended daily sugar intake and twice the recommended safe limit of caffeine.
She eventually had to have her teeth removed because of decay and suffered from ill health for years before dying in 2010.
Coroner David Crerar said her addiction to the fizzy drink was a “substantial factor” in the 30-year-old’s death, explaining that it eventually caused arrhythmias – problems with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat which can lead to sudden cardiac death.
“I find that when all the available evidence is considered, were it not for the consumption of very large quantities of Coke by Natasha Harris, it is unlikely that she would have died when she died and how she died,” Mr Crerar’s said.
He added that her family should have treated the removal of her teeth and the “fact that one or more of her children were born without enamel on their teeth” as warning signs about her ill health .
Mr Crerar stressed that Coca-Cola could not be held responsible for the health of consumers who drank excessive quantities of the drink, but called on soft drinks companies to include clearer warnings about the risks of too much sugar and caffeine on their products.
Soft drinks such as Coca-Cola have been linked to elevated blood pressure (hypertension) in previous studies.
Metformin improves prospects for people with chronic diseases, say researchers
Gluten free diet may prevent type 1 diabetes
Women who drink fewer sugary drinks at lower risk of early death
Beauty product chemicals may elevate diabetes risk
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line996
|
__label__cc
| 0.561164
| 0.438836
|
Tiffany Sees Glimmer of Hope as Profit Slumps
Aug 27, 2020 9:36 AM By Rapaport News
Email Print Facebook Twitter Share
RAPAPORT... Tiffany & Co. reported a sharp decline in profit in the second fiscal quarter but noted sales have returned to pre-pandemic levels in August.
“Our global sales trends have strengthened in August, with preliminary month-to-date worldwide sales through August 25 being slightly positive as compared to the same month-to-date period in the prior year,” said CEO Alessandro Bogliolo in an earnings statement on Thursday.
Group sales fell 29% year on year to $747.1 million for the three months ending July 31 as store closures in the US during the coronavirus pandemic outweighed a recovery in China. Net earnings plummeted 77% to $31.9 million, after the company incurred a loss in the first quarter.
Sales in the Americas fell 46% to $247 million as Covid-19 lockdowns forced stores in the region to shut from mid-March through June, Tiffany explained. Asia-Pacific revenue was flat at $299 million as 80% growth in mainland China and additional strength in South Korea offset softness in other markets and a decline in tourist shopping in markets such as Hong Kong and Japan.
E-commerce sales surged 123% year on year as the virus limited in-store purchases. The segment accounted for 15% of group sales during the first half of the fiscal year, compared with 6% in each of the last three full fiscal years, Tiffany added.
“We were excited to see that the encouraging trends we cited for the first quarter, namely, increased sales in mainland China and global e-commerce, accelerated during the second quarter and propelled our return to quarterly profitability,” Bogliolo added.
Tiffany confirmed that it had pushed back the deadline to complete LVMH’s acquisition of the company to November 24, 2020. LVMH has notified Tiffany that it reserves the right to challenge the validity of the extension, it added. The deal is still subject to regulatory clearance by several authorities, including the European Commission.
Image: Tiffany jewelry boxes and pouch. (Shutterstock)
Tags: China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Jewelry, mainland china, Rapaport News, retail, Tiffany, Tiffany & CO., US
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line997
|
__label__wiki
| 0.875171
| 0.875171
|
Kim Norvell
knorvell@dmreg.com
Dallas County is the fastest-growing county in the state
Dallas County's population rose 21.2 percent in five years; population has surged 169 percent in 25 years
An estimated 80,133 residents live in Dallas County
Dallas County's employment grew by 19.9 percent from 2010 to 2014; Polk County's employment grew by 7.3 percent; Statewide job growth was 4.4 percent
Driven by diverse employment opportunities, the Des Moines metro is Iowa's fastest-growing urban area. Its population grew 9.4 percent since 2010, according to a new analysis.
Where Des Moines is booming, more than two-thirds of Iowa counties have lost population.
Only counties near large urban areas such as Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Sioux City saw big growth spurts during the past five years. The U.S. Census Bureau data estimate that 71 of Iowa's 99 counties lost residents while 28 counties gained population.
Experts say the rural-versus-urban shift has been ongoing for decades in Iowa and the Midwest as residents move to areas with more employment and a higher concentration of services.
Dallas County, which contains Des Moines' western suburbs, is the fastest-growing county in the state, with 13,996 new residents since 2010. Johnson County, which includes Iowa City and Coralville, showed the second-fastest growth, followed by Polk County.
Dallas County's population rose 21.2 percent in five years. It has been on a steady upward trend since 1990. Gary Krob, coordinator of the State Data Center, which analyzes census estimates, said Dallas County's population has surged 169 percent in 25 years. There's an estimated 80,133 residents living in the county, which includes Adel and portions of Clive, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines.
While Dallas is the fastest-growing county, Polk County is still the largest county in the state. It had the largest population growth from 2010 to 2015, adding 37,076 residents.
Liesl Eathington, an assistant scientist at Iowa State University, said the state has seen growth concentrating in metropolitan areas for decades. That's due to a variety of factors, most notably employment — the number of jobs and the diversity of jobs available in metro areas.
The number of jobs in Dallas County grew by 19.9 percent from 2010 to 2014, while Polk County's employment grew by 7.3 percent, she said. Statewide job growth was 4.4 percent.
Donna Burkett, bureau chief with Iowa Workforce Development, said technology changes are a factor in labor migration. Farming operations in Iowa now require less manpower, which forces people to leave rural communities for better opportunities, she said.
And new businesses typically don't relocate to rural areas, because the available workforce is small, she said. Almost 70 percent of all new business locations from 2010 to 2014 were in Iowa's metropolitan areas, according to the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
In turn, a larger workforce generally creates a better quality of life in terms of access to services and fulfillment of needs.
"You do have people who are attracted to the metro areas not just because of the jobs, but because of the diversity of offerings in schools, the shopping, the medical services," Eathington said. "That’s an attraction, but it works the other way too. Those things can be more efficiently delivered where there’s a large population, so that’s why we tend to see more retail offerings in metro areas."
That trend in evident in Waukee, where a rapid growth in population has generated interest from commercial and retail developers. According to city data, the number of residential building permits in Waukee more than doubled in five years, from 204 in 2010 to 465 in 2015.
Dan Dutcher, the city's director of community and economic development, said there's more development opportunities in Waukee now than ever before. He said the city is "in the right place at the right time" in terms of growth, but it has worked to prepare areas for development. Dutcher anticipates new commercial and retail development
Kettlestone, a 1,500-acre mixed-use area, is ready for development now that the new Interstate 80 interchange is open at Grand Prairie Parkway. And developers have expressed interest in building along Hickman Road on the city's west side, where Fridley Theatres plans to build a 12-screen movie theater.
Census data showed Clinton County, located along the Mississippi River between Davenport and Dubuque, had the largest decline in population, losing 1,348 residents since 2015. Adams, in southwest Iowa, is the least-populated county in the state, with 3,796 people.
The data is calculated from reported births, deaths, domestic migration and international migration.
Other information released Thursday:
Iowa's statewide population grew 6.75 percent, to 3,123,899 from 2010 to 2015. It's the 30th-largest state in the nation. Iowa's population in 2050 is expected to be 3,474,647.
More than half of Iowa's population lives in 10 counties: Polk, Linn, Scott, Johnson, Black Hawk, Woodbury, Dubuque, Story, Pottawattamie and Dallas. All 10 counties are considered part of a metropolitan area.
Cities with major universities are growing quickly. Iowa City and Ames were the second- and third-fastest-growing metros in the state, behind Des Moines. Iowa City grew 9.1 percent and Ames grew 7.2 percent.
Seventy-eight counties saw a loss in net migration, with more people moving out of the county than into it.
Of the people who moved to Dallas County, more than 91 percent were domestic.
Eight counties are responsible for 76.1 percent of the international migration in Iowa: Polk, Johnson, Story, Linn, Woodbury, Black Hawk, Jefferson and Marshall.
The State Data Center works to increase the availability of census data in Iowa. It is a unit of the State Library of Iowa.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1000
|
__label__cc
| 0.742747
| 0.257253
|
Owala - FreeSip Water Bottle Review
Everybody knows that you have to stay hydrated - it's the #1 rule of everyday living. Drinking water is not only good for hydration purposes, but it's also good for so many other things: skin health, digestion, alertness, and metabolism, just to give a few examples. To make sure I consistently get the recommended 8 glasses of water a day, I decided to invest in a proper water bottle. They make life easier, because you can make less trips compared to a standard glass, your drink stays cold, and they're durable enough for any situation.
I opted for the Owala FreeSip ($24.99) water bottle in the Very, Very Dark color at a size of 24-oz. What's unique about this bottle is that it has a built in straw and a regular spout to sip out of. Mine is stainless steel, however the bottle is also available in a "Tritan" configuration, which is a BPA-free plastic material. As you'd expect, the Tritan version is cheaper at $14.99 and only comes in a 25-oz size. The stainless steel version comes in three sizes: 19-oz, 24-oz, and 32-oz (a glass of water is equal to 8-oz, for reference). Let's get into the review to see if this should be your water bottle of choice.
The first thing you'll notice from holding the bottle is the stainless steel body. It feels premium, it's cool to the touch, and it has a grainy texture that gives it a decent amount of grip. The lid is made out of a combination of plastics and rubber, which don't feel as nice as the stainless steel, but are well constructed. The rubber material does catch micro dust particles unfortunately (more visible in pictures than real life), which is hard to avoid. The button used to open the lid is also made out of plastic and feels pretty solid. Considering that you'll be pushing it several times a day, it's important for it to last, which I think it will. I do wish it had a more satisfying "click" when pushing it - it feels a bit too mushy.
Let's just get this out of the way: this is a damn good-looking water bottle. And that's a big reason why I got it. It's got a clean look without any obnoxious colors and minimal branding. It's got indented sides for more grip. The handle is well-integrated into the top of the bottle and the silhouette looks premium. Also, something I realized after the fact is that the 24-oz size is the perfect balance between portability and quantity - drink this bottle just 3 times a day and you're well covered on your daily water quota. Lastly, the matte black color is just icing on the cake, since it fits into any environment.
What's the point of a good water bottle if it can't do it's job well? As I mentioned before, you can drink out of this bottle in two ways: straw or spout. I find myself using the built-in straw most of the time, because it takes the least effort. Initially, it looks a bit weird, because it a flat, wide opening instead of your traditional straw. However, this straw design makes drinking water a surprisingly smooth experience, which I didn't know I needed. The spout is great for when you're really thirsty and just need to chug a bunch of water. When you're chugging, no water spills out from the straw opening, which is nice.
The bottle is also leak-proof and keeps my water cold for most of the day, around 8-10 hours I would say. The handle also doubles as extra protection to prevent any inadvertent opening of the lid. My only gripe, and it's a small one, is that the lid doesn't open up instantly when you push the button. There's a 1-second lag between when you push the button and the lid opening up fully, which I hope will decrease as time goes on and the parts become less stiff. As a final point, you can use this bottle for more than just water - any drink that's not carbonated or hot will work.
If you're in the market for a new water bottle, this is up there in terms of the best ones. Obviously you have the big names like Hydroflask and Swell, which have carved out their places at the top, but they also come with huge price tags. In my opinion, this bottle from Owala beats both of those in terms of value. It's something you can use at home, at work, at the gym (once quarantine is over), or anywhere else you can think of really.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1001
|
__label__wiki
| 0.849316
| 0.849316
|
trailers & commercials
darianna cardilli • editor • filmmaker • storyteller
Peeking Behind the Magic
Creating happiness is hard work. Making something beautiful that brings joy to many, in reality entails, perhaps not blood, but certainly a lot of sweat and some occasional tears. That is aptly illustrated in Leslie Iwerks’ sweeping, six-part docuseries, The Imagineering Story. The series, currently streaming on Disney+, chronicles the nearly seven decades of hard work that the designers, artists and engineers—or Imagineers—have poured into realizing the vision and dreams of Walt Disney. Part dreamer, part impresario, Disney had the ability to corral a unique army of talented people to think beyond their expertise, and turn his ideas into reality.
Iwerks, a prolific Academy Award and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, has a stellar pedigree: her grandfather, Ub Iwerks, was Walt Disney’s first business partner and co-creator of Mickey Mouse, as well as the inventor of Circle Vision (her directorial debut was The Hand Behind the Mouse—The Ub Iwerks Story) and her father, Don Iwerks, was head of the machine shop for Disney Studios. This gave her unique insight and knowledge as to the inner workings of the Disney parks, and what really lies behind the curtain, where the magic is made.
Documentary spoke with Iwerks about the series. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Documentary: Was it stressful to have the first documentary to air on the Disney + docket?
LESLIE IWERKS: It was commissioned back in 2013, as a five-year project. I had a good four years to film, on and off. We shot interviews, footage and events, and we weren’t going to be editing until the very last year. Back in 2016 -17, when we started editing, that was probably the scariest moment—when you realize you have 200 interviews that you’ve done over the course of four years across the world, in every Disney park.
We had to cull it down to what was commissioned: a 90-minute film. I told the editors to just go long because I didn’t want to cut things that could be really good. At that point, I hadn’t really delved into the archives too much; we were really just focusing on acquired material. Once we started getting it all in, we realized it was a much bigger project than we anticipated. I just took the risk at that point and said, “Just cut away and cut it to where it feels right.” So we had a six-hour cut.
Then I finally said, “Let’s go to Disney Imagineering and suggest a series.” It was risky, because at that point I would have to cut it back down to 90 minutes. I’ve done all lengths, so I know the challenges. We had a meeting and everyone agreed that this would be great if we could do a series. The next questions were, “How’s it going to get finished and funded and where’s it going to air?” And I think within a month of that meeting, Disney + was announced.
D: Where was it originally intended to air when it was commissioned in 2013 as a 90-minute doc?
LI: We didn’t really know. It was a five-year project, so there was no real distribution plan at that moment. I think the goal was for Disney to document what they considered sort of a golden age of Imagineering: the openings of Fantasy Land, Walt Disney World. Then there was the new Peter Pan ride, the Matterhorn re-do, the Shanghai park being built in five years. I filmed all those things, among many, many others. I think they just felt like, I could go behind the scenes like I did on The Pixar Story and just be a fly on the wall, suggest things.
Lo and behold, Disney + comes around and I had a six-hour cut. They saw it, and they wanted it for their site. So that’s how that happened, and they funded the finishing of it.
D: That’s quite an undertaking, doing a series with two main editors, Mark Catalena and Mo Stoebe.
LI: A lot of it was edited over a couple of years. These guys are good, and they’re fast. It was all of us shaping it and looking at transcripts and pulling quotes. It was a constant evolution of moving things around and finding the structure. But it was pretty Herculean towards this last year because we got more funding to keep filming new footage—vérité that we didn’t have as much of. We shot more in the spring of this year, and then had to cut it together, so I brought in more editors to help with each episode at that point. But Mo and Mark were leads in shaping the overall story.
D: Obviously you scoured the archives. But what is surprising is how much behind- the-scenes footage existed of the early days. Was that for internal documentation or for advertising?
LI: They had so many different things going on at the studio at any one time that there was footage being shot. For example, Disneyland—they definitely photographed the making of that park, and a lot of that was going be used for Wonderful World of Disney; that TV show helped to finance the park. That was all cool material to go through, but then there was just documentation of the park itself being built, hundreds and hundreds of hours of stuff that still hasn’t even been transferred yet. For the Epcot story [Episode Two], that was material that no one’s seen before, because we had to pull from negative to get the cut on high-res master. That’s the fun part of documentary filmmaking: You’re working a lot of the time with what you have and what you think exists, and the quality level is not that great. When you finally get the finishing funded, it’s like this big giftwrap that’s opening up. For so long we were working with really low-res footage. When we finally got it transferred, it was beautiful and we were so excited.
D: You have a unique pedigree, being the granddaughter of Ub Iwerks, and the daughter of Don, so how much did you know already?
LI: I knew a lot about that aspect of it. My dad would take me to the Disney studio on weekends. So I grew up behind the scenes.
My dad would bring home 16-mm prints of the animated classics. We had a projection booth in our house, so it was a fun way to grow up in the world of Disney. Then going behind the scenes in the parks, he would take us to Walt Disney World and we would go backstage and see the Animatronic dinosaurs and stuff like that. That was fun, and it was the spirit of what I wanted to bring to the series.
With the vérité that we were able to get, which was a great idea from Disney +, we give some people more screen time, so we feel like it’s more character-driven versus interview-driven. At that point, we hadn’t had really the opportunity to do that, so it really helped to bring that sense of magic that I felt as a kid, of having the access to go backstage. I wanted the audience to feel that, so that’s what we did with the Matterhorn and going underground in the tunnels—access that the general public wouldn’t necessarily have.
D: Were there things that you learned in scouring the archives and looking at old footage that surprised you?
LI: Certainly the amount of documentation was a gift to any filmmaker. I think what was really helpful was because I have grown up in this world: I did a film on my grandfather, I’ve read a lot of the history of Disney, we knew a lot of these Imagineers as family friends. So, going back into the archives and finding photographs of people, recognizing faces. But it’s always fun when you go in there and you’re discovering things that you’d never seen before. It’s exciting because you’re telling the story and then you can link this photo to that sound bite.
Of course, there were new photos of my grandfather that I hadn’t seen before, working on some of the early Animatronics for the World’s Fair and on certain camera systems, projection systems.
D: There were a lot personal risks taken by Walt in creating Disneyland. He sold his house in Palm Springs to finance it, the park opening had bad press reviews, there were counterfeit tickets, electrical fuse blowouts and the cement was barely dry. It certainly wasn’t all that easy, despite appearances.
LI: One of the mottos we had that I thought was a good line to live by for our show was, “Walt Disney created the happiest place on earth, but creating happiness was hard work.” You walk through a Disney park today and everywhere you look there’s something unique and all the detail that goes into it. But when you go behind the scenes, you are seeing so much painstaking detail that goes into it by the Imagineers.
The other part of that was, we pulled interviews from the archives of Roy Disney. I don’t think any of those audio sound bites have been heard before. Roy Disney was somebody I really wanted to bring out, because Walt gets so much of the credit for Disneyland, as he should. But the real genius of making it happen financially was Roy, and also he was about to retire, and after Walt’s death he picked up the baton and ran with it to create Disney World. That really solidified the Disney Company from a park standpoint going forward, because now they had a park on each coast.
That through-line between Walt and Roy was a special thing that I really wanted to get in there: The risks that Roy took in the later part of his life to solidify this business and this business model. And also the fact that this was hard work when you’ve got Walt’s voice being very stern in talking about how he treats his Imagineers. If you said no to him, I don’t think you lasted long at the Disney Company. If Walt asked you, “Can we do this?” you would say, “Sure, there’s a way to do that. Let’s figure it out.”
I think the reason he and my grandfather got along so well was they both had this innate curiosity and can-do attitude, and they both had extreme talent.
Walt had so many partnerships and alliances with great people; that’s an example of seeding an idea and then putting the right people on it, and then letting it blossom. The Disney theme park was the amalgamation of so many talented people throughout Walt’s career all brought together to make this park that was the ultimate combination of storytelling, technology and innovation.
D: Was Walt just gifted at spotting talent and creativity?
LI: I think he was a master talent scout, and he had an amazing instinct for talent and good storytelling and character development and feeling and emotion. I think he really thrived on knowing his audience and trusting his instincts about that. He was such a risk-taker, doing these classic animated films to music. He was taking animation and moving it into directions that hadn’t been done before.
D: Can you binge-watch the series? The episodes end quite suspensefully.
They’re going to be unveiled one episode a week for the first six weeks, and then after that, obviously you can binge-watch. But yes, that was kind of the key. We really worked to look at this over-arching storyline over almost 70 years and ask, Where are the ups and downs? There were so many ups and downs that we didn’t really have a problem with that.
There were three layers of storytelling in this narrative. One is the over-arching, big picture:What’s happening in the world economically, physically, environmentally, all these things that could impact the park? Then there’s a second layer: What’s happening within the Disney Company that is impacting the Imagineers? How did those CEOs shape the work and the evolution of Imagineering and the creativity? Did they give them more free rein or did they pull back on the creative rein?
All of this—business, financial, conflict—is layered into the second layer of conflict that impacts the creative spirit. Then the ultimate is the Imagineering narrative storyline, all the different Imagineers who make up this group, each one faced with their own challenges and their own hurdles. How are they going to overcome this new idea? How are they going to achieve it? Creatively, what are the opportunities? Technologically, where are they limited?
There are so many conflicts within the Imagineering story, we could’ve used that as our one and only thread. But instead, there were all these other layers of conflict that helped to create these natural divides—or, I should say, cliffhangers.
D: How much of Walt’s original concept behind Epcot, intended as futuristic urban planning, is known?
LI: I think it depends on what you know, because Epcot was built with this vision. If you read an Epcot book, you know this history, so a tricky part for us was that Disney fans will know a lot of this material already. At the same time, we really pushed hard to appeal to the Disney fanatics who are totally immersed in the subject, and then also to the general public, who really don’t know much. It’s always that fine line between how deep and nuanced you get that’s going to make people interested who don’t know a lot about this subject, and giving the diehards something new. I think we were able to balance a lot of that throughout the whole six hours.
D: How much autonomy did you have in the final edit?
LI: Throughout the whole making of the film. We really didn’t have a cut until towards the very end, and I think that was the first time that Imagineering had seen anything. I think it’s the first time that Disney Imagineering has had its story told in such a thorough way as a chronology of 70 years. You see bits and pieces of it online and little sections on certain parks or certain things, but nothing that’s like the whole breadth of the whole history.
D: Apart from the volume of material, what was the biggest challenge in making this series?
LI: With any documentary, you don’t necessarily know when you’re making it if will it see the light of day, what the distribution is. But if there’s anything I’ve learned as a filmmaker, you just have to have faith that your passion will your film to completion and get it seen. I felt like this was going to get seen no matter what, but we were not sure where. Then to have it on Disney + with six hours is way beyond what we ever imagined; we were just thrilled with that. I think keeping the length of time on the project was really a gift, to have that length of that time and that level of funding for as long as we did.
At the same time, you really have to keep up your energy around it and keep it fresh in your mind all the time. When you’re on something for so long, it’s easy for things to get antsy. I had a bunch of other projects that I did during that whole time-frame that we completed and got distributed. So it’s just a matter of having patience really to see it all the way through.
I’ll always look back at this period of my life and think that was a dream, because I got to work with people I really admire and respect, and people I knew as a kid growing up, and got to interview people that are no longer with us.
Originally printed in Documentary — November 2019
Tackling Large-scale Corruption in 'Collective'
Made in the USA, sort of
© DARIANNA CARDILLI
Website Design by Picture This! Productions
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1002
|
__label__wiki
| 0.907852
| 0.907852
|
DoCoMoMo : New York | Tri-State
Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement
Support DOCOMOMO
Donate @ NYCcharaties.org
Demolition applications filed and approved for Union Carbide Building
On January 15 JPMorgan Chase filed an application for the full demolition of the former Union Carbide Building located at 270 Park Avenue, currently its headquarters. The application was approved, however the demolition permit has not been issued pending award of a contract for the work. Demolition of the 52-story, 707-ft building—the largest building ever to be intentionally demolished—is scheduled to begin in the early part of 2019. ... MORE
Entrance, 270 Park Avenue (Originally Union Carbide Building), Natalie de Blois and Gordon Bunshaft/SOM, 1961. Photo: Wikipedia Takes Manhattan by Official-ly Cool.099.
Snøhetta unveils new design for Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building
After the architecture firm Snøhetta released renderings in late 2017 that showed the AT&T Building stripped of its Stony Creek granite skin at the lower levels a number of stakeholders came forward with concerns about the wholesale removal of the façade and other changes to Philip Johnson’s (1906–2005) icon of Postmodernism at 550 Madison Avenue. Since that time, LPC, the City Planning Commission, preservationists, architects, and community members weighed in generating two results: Official NYC landmarking of the 1984 building in late August and the development team and Snøhetta retooling its proposal.... MORE
Courtesy of LMNB & Snøhetta
NY State Pavilion awarded $16.5 million FEMA grant for repairs
New York State senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have announced that FEMA funding will be provided to the New York Office of Management and Budget to replace and repair the New York State Pavilion’s electric units at World’s Fair Park in Queens, which were damaged during Hurricane Sandy. ... MORE
Courtesy nycgovparks.org
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings nomination resubmitted to UNESCO
Last November, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and participating sites completed a revised nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List—The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The submission includes a group of eight major works designed by Wright located across the country. ... MORE
Photo: Rob Streevelaar
Lustron House in Closter, NJ reopened to the public
The Harold Hess Lustron House—a prefabricated 1,000-sq-foot house made of maize yellow enamel steel—opened to the public last month, four years after it was saved from the wrecking ball. ... MORE
Harold Hess Lustron House, Closter, NJ. Photo courtesy Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com
On alert: Brooklyn Heights Modern at risk
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle recently announced the news that the four-story, ribbon-windowed bank building at 200 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights is being proposed for demolition. Designed by prolific architect Philip Birnbaum (1904-1988) in 1959–1960, with an addition in 1967–1968, the structure is a New York City-designated landmark as part of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. Any exterior changes, including demolition, must be approved by LPC. ... MORE
200 Montague Street, Philip Birnbaum, 1959–1960 and 1967–1968. Photo by Lore Croghan and courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle
William Conklin (1923–2018)—Butterfield House and much more
Architect William J. Conklin, who made significant contributions to the Modern architecture of New York and elsewhere, died on November 22 at the age of 95. He may not have gotten the recognition he deserved because he designed many projects as a member of the New York firm of Mayer Whittlesey & Glass. One of the earliest of these is the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Headquarters (1959), with its distinctive bronze and glass front on a thoroughly renovated West 14th Street commercial building. The numerous multifamily residential projects he designed at the firm include Butterfield House (1962), a through-block complex that reconciles Modernist design principles with urban context by presenting subtly different faces to West 12th and West 13th Street, and The Premier (1963) on East 69th Street, where an extensive exposed concrete grid is filled in with a variety of wall treatments and recessed balconies.... MORE
William Conklin/Whittlesey & Conklin, Lake Anne Village, Reston, VA, 1965. Photo by John Arbuckle.
Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) launches Center for the Preservation of Modernism
The Center for the Preservation of Modernism will open in Philadelphia this April at Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University). The center will be a key facet of the school's newly-launched master of science program in historic preservation and will be buoyed by the school’s recent purchase of the Hassrick House, a significant design by Richard Neutra (1892–1970) and an exemplar of midcentury modern architecture.... MORE
Hassrick House, Richard Neutra, Philadelphia, PA, 1958. Photo courtesy Thomas Jefferson University.
Contact Us / Site Credits / Connect with Us:
©2009-2021 DOCOMOMO US/New York Tri-State. Privacy Policy. Terms.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1004
|
__label__wiki
| 0.953197
| 0.953197
|
Philippines expands travel ban to limit spread of coronavirus variant
Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 9:49am
TED ALJIBE / AFP
The Philippines will ban travellers from 19 countries and territories until mid-January as a measure to keep out a new variant of the coronavirus, its transport ministry said on Tuesday.
The regulation will be in effect from midnight of December 29 to January 15 and covers Filipinos and foreigners arriving from the "flagged countries", the transport ministry told reporters in a group text message.
The Philippines previously imposed and later extended a flight ban from Britain until mid-January as the more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus was first detected in England.
The new variant, which British scientists have called "VUI - 202012/01", has renewed fears about the virus that has killed over 1.7 million people worldwide.
The flagged countries include France, Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Singapore and Japan.
With more than 470,000 infections and 9,124 deaths, the Philippines has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases and casualties in Southeast Asia, next to Indonesia.
The new variant has not been detected in the Philippines.
The country's health officials said the travel ban could be expanded to include more countries should those report the presence of the new COVID-19 variant.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1011
|
__label__cc
| 0.613556
| 0.386444
|
Adventure Time - Season 1 [DVD]
Actors: Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Hynden Walch, Niki Yang, Tom Kenny
Directors: Patrick McHale, Cole Sanchez, Adam Muto, Nate Cash
Format: PAL, Subtitled
Language: German, English, French, Italian, Dutch
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Dutch
Dubbed: Italian, German, French, Dutch
Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English, German, Italian
DVD Release Date: 9 Dec. 2013
Finn, the human boy with the awesome hat, and Jake, the wise dog, are close friends and partners in strange adventures in the land of Ooo. Originally included in the Internet short sensation Random! Cartoons, this series follows Finn and Jake as they embark on a series of bizarre and unique adventures. So whether it's an Ice King kidnapping a princess or ninjas stealing diamonds from an old man, one thing is certain -- it's Adventure Time.
These discs are (PAL) format, and will work on Australian & European DVD players. USA/Canada customers will need a multi-region enabled player.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1012
|
__label__wiki
| 0.95416
| 0.95416
|
Politics this week
News SummariesDec 19th 1998 edition
Iraq bombed
American and British forces launched air strikes on Iraq after a largely negative report from Richard Butler, the UN's chief arms inspector. Russia and China condemned the attacks.
Bill Clinton delighted the Palestinians with a visit to Gaza. Palestinian representatives again abrogated the clauses in the national Charter that call for Israel's destruction. Even so, Binyamin Netanyahu cancelled the next phase of withdrawal from the West Bank, due this week. He also said that he would call an early election next year if the Knesset failed, on December 21st, to support him.
Canaan Banana, Zimbabwe's former president, who fled the country after being convicted of sodomy last month, returned home. He will remain under house arrest until he is sentenced.
A parliamentary investigation into corruption in Uganda named top politicians and said they should be prosecuted. Two have resigned, including the president's brother.
Heavy fighting was reported in Angola, where UNITA rebels attacked two big towns.
A French parliamentary commission exonerated France of complicity in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda blaming the UN and America for inaction.
Hopeful ones
The European Union's leaders promised in Vienna to reform the EU budget by March 25th. They also promised a “pact” to stimulate employment, and hinted that duty-free shopping within the EU might not after all be abolished in July. But the choice of a “high representative” for Europe's foreign policy was postponed until next year.
The European Parliament threatened to censure and even sack the European Commission, in protest at lax management of the European Union's $100 billion budget. The crisis blew up after the parliament refused to approve the EU's 1996 accounts.
The EU and Switzerland agreed on closer economic ties, and the Swiss will now let the EU's big lorries use their roads to cross the Alps.
General Wesley Clark, NATO's supreme commander in Europe, warned Yugoslavia's president, Slobodan Milosevic, that his government would be held responsible for the safety of 2,000 international “verifiers” monitoring a shaky ceasefire in Kosovo, Serbia's rebellious southern province.
An Italian court said that Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish guerrilla leader who has been under house arrest in Italy for a month, should be freed. Turkey was outraged. In France the far-right National Front split as its leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, purged 19 leading party officials for supporting his deputy, and rival, Bruno Mégret (also expelled).
The popularity of Denmark's prime minister, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, and his ruling Social Democrats plummeted after he broke an election promise not to raise the retirement age from 60.
The debate in the House of Representatives on impeaching President Clinton was delayed in the wake of the Iraqi crisis. The American public continued to say, by large margins, that they wanted the president censured, not impeached. But 58% also said that if the House voted for impeachment, the president should resign.
In a referendum, Puerto Ricans voted for the third time to reject American statehood.
The Pinochet affair rumbled on. In Britain, the House of Lords ordered a fresh hearing into whether the general was immune from prosecution, since his lawyers argued that the Law Lords' earlier decision that he must face extradition proceedings to Spain was tainted by bias in one of the judges.
Argentina and Chile signed an accord settling their last remaining territorial dispute, in the Andes.
Fresh from calming his critics at home, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president-elect, visited Brasilia and Buenos Aires and said he wanted his country to join Mercosur.
Against expectation, Mexico's government and its right-wing opposition party (PAN) reached agreement on the Fobaproa bank bail-out—and the central-bank governorship of Guillermo Ortiz, supposedly the PAN's price for a deal, remains his.
Colombia's largest guerrilla group, the FARC, and the government agreed to begin peace talks on January 7th.
Cambodia's membership of ASEAN will be delayed, the leaders of South-East Asia's countries decided at a summit in Hanoi. Japan announced a new $5 billion aid package to help troubled economies in the region.
Rioting students in Jakarta fought police and called for the Indonesian army's withdrawal from politics and for a trial for ex-President Suharto. The armed forces' chief, General Wiranto, proposed a “civilian militia” to reinforce the police.
Gunboats from the Sri Lankan navy sank a boat belonging to the Tamil Tigers off the country's northern coast.
In Thailand an airliner crashed into a swamp while trying to land during a rainstorm. The accident killed 101 people, but 45 survived.
A group of researchers in South Korea claimed to have cloned a human embryo. But it had only four cells when they killed it, and other geneticists seemed unimpressed.
This article appeared in the News Summaries section of the print edition under the headline "Politics this week"
More from News Summaries
Business this week
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1014
|
__label__wiki
| 0.752022
| 0.752022
|
Volume 12 Issue 6 - 2020
A Comparison of the Clinical Effectiveness of Specific Neurostimulation and Photobiomodulation Modalities with Therapeutic Nutrition in the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy
John Hayes Jr1,2, Shannon Boyce1 and Nicholas A Kerna3*
1NeuropathyDR®, USA
2University of Science, Arts and Technology, Montserrat, USA
3SMC–Medical Research, Thailand
*Corresponding Author: Nicholas A Kerna, POB47 Phatphong, Suriwongse Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10500.
Received: April 19, 2020; Published: May 13, 2020
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a severe condition with numerous comorbidities. Approximately 4% of adults and the elderly develop polyneuropathy of various etiologies. The incidence of PN likely increases with age and multiple facets of declining health. Many pharmacological agents are inadequate in treating PN, and some have significant side effects. Thus, other treatment options, methods, and modalities to treat PN should be advanced and explored. This retrospective study reports a comparison of the clinical effectiveness of specific neurostimulation and photomodulation (low-level laser therapy) modalities with therapeutic nutrition in the treatment of the symptoms of PN. Most participants reported some level of symptom relief with each of the treatment components, while neurostimulation provided nearly universal relief of all PN symptoms in the participants surveyed.
Keywords: Low-Level Laser; Neurostimulation; Peripheral Neuropathy; Photobiomodulation; Therapeutic Nutrition
Griebeler ML., et al. “Pharmacologic interventions for painful diabetic neuropathy: An umbrella systematic review and comparative effectiveness network meta-analysis”. Annals of Internal Medicine 9 (2014): 639-649. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25364885
Klein SE., et al. “Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy of unknown origin in an outpatient foot and ankle practice”. Foot and Ankle International 9 (2015): 1058-1063. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25967255
Hanewinckel R., et al. “Prevalence of polyneuropathy in the general middle-aged and elderly population”. Neurology18 (2016): 1892-1898. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27683845
Suzuki M. “Peripheral neuropathy in the elderly”. The Handbook of Clinical Neurology 115 (2013): 803-813. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23931816
Rudroju N., et al. “Comparative efficacy and safety of six antidepressants and anticonvulsants in painful diabetic neuropathy: a network meta-analysis”. Pain Physician6 (2013): E705-E714. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24284851
Alabdali M., et al. “Choosing drugs for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy”. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 12 (2015): 1805-1814. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26161591
Kuo KL., et al. “Single-versus multiple-drug pharmacotherapy in the management of diabetic painful neuropathy”. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 3 (2016): 184-194. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27541383
Hanewinckel R., et al. “Peripheral neuropathies”. The Handbook of Clinical Neurology 138 (2016): 263-282. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27637963
Singh R., et al. “Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: current perspective and future directions”. Pharmacological Research 80 (2014): 21-35. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24373831
Callaghan B and Feldman E. “The metabolic syndrome and neuropathy: therapeutic challenges and opportunities”. Annals of Neurology 3 (2013): 397-403. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881591/
Lei Q., et al. “Statins in nervous system-associated diseases: angels or devils?” Pharmazie6 (2014): 448-454. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24974580
Hershman DL., et al. “Prevention and management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in survivors of adult cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline”. Journal of Clinical Oncology 18 (2014): 1941-1967. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733808
Cohen JS. “Peripheral neuropathy associated with fluoroquinolones”. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 12 (2001): 1540-1547. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11793615
Hedenmalm K and Spigset O. “Peripheral sensory disturbances related to treatment with fluoroquinolones”. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 4 (1996): 831-837. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8722551
Singh J., et al. “Acute onset sensory polyneuropathy due to metronidazole therapy”. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 9 (2015): 87-88. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27608880
Park KI., et al. “Metronidazole neurotoxicity: sequential neuroaxis involvement”. Neurology India 1 (2011): 104-107. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21339674
Wang CZ., et al. “Low-level laser irradiation improves functional recovery and nerve regeneration in sciatic nerve crush rat injury model”. PLoS One8 (2014): e103348. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25119457
Abdel-Wahhab KG., et al. “Efficiencies of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and gabapentin in the management of peripheral neuropathy: diabetic neuropathy”. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 1 (2018): 161-173. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29527628
Bunner AE., et al. “A dietary intervention for chronic diabetic neuropathy pain: a randomized controlled pilot study”. Diabetes Nutrition 5 (2015): e158. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26011582
Farvid MS., et al. “Improving neuropathy scores in type 2 diabetic patients using micronutrients supplementation”. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 1 (2011): 86-94. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21496936
Wager TD., et al. “An fMRIbased neurologic signature of physical pain”. The New England Journal of Medicine 15 (2013): 1388-1397. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1204471
Thakral G., et al. “Electrical stimulation as an adjunctive treatment of painful and sensory diabetic neuropathy”. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 5 (2013):1202-1209. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24124947
Mekhail NA., et al. “Clinical applications of neurostimulation: forty years later”. Pain Practice 2 (2010): 103-112. https://europepmc.org/article/med/20070547
Citation: Nicholas A Kerna., et al. “A Comparison of the Clinical Effectiveness of Specific Neurostimulation and Photobiomodulation Modalities with Therapeutic Nutrition in the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy”. EC Neurology 12.6 (2020): 13-26.
Copyright: © 2020 Nicholas A Kerna., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1015
|
__label__cc
| 0.601171
| 0.398829
|
Published on Edge.org (https://www.edge.org)
2008 : WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY? [1]
In the News [ 26 ] [2]
Contributors [ 166 ] [3] | View All Responses [ 166 ] [4]
David Gelernter [5]
Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist, Mirror Worlds Technologies; Author, America-Lite: How Imperial Academia Dismantled our Culture (and ushered in the Obamacrats)
Users Are Not Reactionary After All
What I've changed my mind about is that the public is wedded to obsolete 1970s GUIs & info mgmt forever — PARC's desktop & Bell Labs' Unix file system. I'll give two example from my own experience. Both constitute long term ideas of mine and might seem like self-promotion, but my point is that as a society we don't have the patience to develop fully those big ideas that need time to soak in.
I first described a GUI called "lifestreams" in the Washington Post in 1994. By the early 2000s, I thought this system was dead in the water, destined to be resurrected in a grad student's footnote around the 29th century, The problem was (I thought) that Lifestreams was too unfamiliar, insufficiently "evolutionary" and too "revolutionary" (as the good folks at ARPA like to say [or something like that]); you need to go step-by-step with the public and the industry or you lose.
But today "lifestreams" are all over the net (take a look yourself), and I'm told that "lifestreaming" has turned into a verb at some recent Internet conferences. According to ZDnet.com, "Basically what's important about the OLPC [one laptop per child], has nothing to do with its nominal purposes and everything to do with its interface. Ultimately traceable to David Gelernter's 'Lifestreams' model, this is not just a remake of Apple's evolution of the original work at Palo Alto, but something new."
Moral: the public may be cautions but is not reactionary.
In a 1991 book called Mirror Worlds, I predicted that everyone would be putting his personal stuff in the Cybersphere (AKA "the clouds"); I said the same in a 2000 manifesto on Edge called "The 2nd Coming", & in various other pieces in between. By 2005 or so, I assumed that once again I'd jumped the gun, by too long to learn the results pre-posthumously — but once again this (of all topics) turns out to hot and all over the place nowadays. "Cloud computing" is the next big thing: What does this all prove? If you're patient, good ideas find audiences. But you have to bevery patient.
And if you expect to cash in on long-term ideas in the United States, you're certifiable.
This last point is a lesson I teach my students, and on this item I haven't (and don't expect to) change my mind. But what the hell? It's New Year's, and there are worse things than being proved right once in a while, even if it's too late to count.
Return to Table of Contents [3]
[1] https://www.edge.org/annual-question/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-about-why
[2] https://www.edge.org/inthenews/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-about-why
[3] https://www.edge.org/contributors/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-about-why
[4] https://www.edge.org/responses/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-about-why
[5] https://www.edge.org/memberbio/david_gelernter
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1016
|
__label__wiki
| 0.759879
| 0.759879
|
Home / News / Carbon8 Lighting Provide Illumination at Autosport International in more ways than one!!
Carbon8 Lighting Provide Illumination at Autosport International in more ways than one!!
LED floodlights from Carbon8 were used to illuminate the Anglo American Oil stand at Autosport International Exhibition, which was recently held at the NEC, Birmingham. The exhibition is now in its 26th year and is Europe’s largest indoor pre-season motorsport event, featuring every level of Motor Racing – from Karting to Formula 1, bringing together the world of motorsport under one roof for motorsport enthusiasts so it was a very high profile project. It was a double whammy for Carbon 8 as the new racing livery for the company’s Hyundai Coupe racing car made its debut on the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) stand.
Anglo American Oils based in Dorset are well-known providers of a wide range of race fuel, oil and high performance racing products and discovered Carbon8 by chance through an internet search over three years ago. Anders Hildebrand, MD at Anglo American Oils commented “We were looking for good quality, high performance lighting to use on our stand and after initial contact with Carbon8, we were extremely impressed with the knowledge and professionalism of the team”. The stand is being lit by a selection of Carbon8 floodlights ranging from 10W to 600W, which are being used to create a bright and welcoming environment whilst accentuating the company’s products. Anders continued “We really wanted to make our stand ‘stand out’ and this has been successfully achieved using the Carbon8 lighting. We have been so pleased with the performance of the lamps and support from the company that we are now in our third year using the current LED floodlights”
Carbon8’s managing director Simon Miles is no stranger to the bright lights of the motor racing circuit and the new racing livery for his Hyundai Coupe racing car made its debut on the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) stand at the show.
The Hyundai Coupe Cup is a controlled race series for series one and two two litre Hyundais with the first race of the 2016 season being held at Rockingham in April. The Coupe Cup has been running for four years and the BARC, one of the world’s most successful and established motor racing clubs has agreed to sponsor this year’s event.
The BARC first formed in 1912 and organises races at every major race track in the UK including British Touring Car, saloon car as well as introducing new formulae. The BARC organised the first hillclimb event called The Festival of Speed in 1993 at Goodwood which became the most historic and motorsport annual event the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The BARC is instrumental in organisation of European and International race meetings including the first Beaujolias Challenge.
Simon Miles of Carbon8 commented “We are delighted to be unveiling our new livery at Autosport International and we look forward to a successful year of racing under the BARC Coupe Cup sponsorship”.
|
cc/2021-04/en_head_0039.json.gz/line1019
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.